SIMURG
maderisation
EN
n.
Oxidation of table wines due to improper (or too long) storage. 1
Maderized table wines, both white and red, are recognized by their brown color, lack of fruitiness and oxidized taste. Maderization gives Madeira wines part of their desirable character, which is made more palatable by the natural sweetness; but the same character would be undesirable in normal table wines. 2
NV Brokewood Tawny […] Tasting notes […] With exposure to air and being in small barrels, a certain degree of maderisation occurs. 3
UK [madərʌɪˈzeɪʃn], US [ˌmædəraɪˈzeɪʃən]
< French madérisation (1902) < madériser (< French madérisé, past participle of madériser to affect with maderization (1902; se madériser to maderize) < Madère Madeira (1803; < Portuguese Madeira + -iser) + -ation (the particular form of the compound suffix -t-ion (-s-ion, -x-ion), which forms nouns of action from Latin pples. in -āt-us of vbs. in -āre, French vbs. in -er, and their English representatives). 5
Università degli Studi di Genova - Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature straniere
Ilenia Fregonese, rev. Chiara Barbagianni
1 : «http://www.richardgrantwine.com/wineglossary.html#M», (25/11/2011)
2 : «http://www.richardgrantwine.com/wineglossary.html#M», (25/11/2011)
3 : «http://www.brokenwood.com.au/wines/productRange/default.asp?emp=217», (25/11/2011)
4 : «http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/112042?redirectedFrom=maderisation#eid», (25/11/2011)
5 : «http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/112042?redirectedFrom=maderisation#eid», (25/11/2011)