What does "Chalky wine" mean?!
I am right now translating a passage from Theroux's 'The Great Railway Bazaar' to Bulgarian!. I got this sentence: "It's a very drinkable Chablis, not all chalky - the ones they export often are, you know!."
I've searched the Web and all the dictionaries I have, but I couldn't find what does chalky mean for a wine!. I believe it's a winery term, but I know nothing about it!. Can someone please explain it a little more detailed!?
If I omit this sentence the editor will translate it but I got really interested in that so I would be really grateful if someone had an idea about it!.
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I've searched the Web and all the dictionaries I have, but I couldn't find what does chalky mean for a wine!. I believe it's a winery term, but I know nothing about it!. Can someone please explain it a little more detailed!?
If I omit this sentence the editor will translate it but I got really interested in that so I would be really grateful if someone had an idea about it!.
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Answers:
The term "Chalky" refers to the textural qualities of the wine!.
"Chalky" wine has drying tannins, with a core somewhat elusive!. A bit "dusty"!. It leaves an 'astringent-like' feeling in the mouth!. A 'sandpapery' feeling!.
Wine tasters use such earthy terms (for eg: flinty, chalky, stoney) to describe the feel of the wine!. Simply put, that feeling which lingers in the back of the throat!.
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"Chalky" wine has drying tannins, with a core somewhat elusive!. A bit "dusty"!. It leaves an 'astringent-like' feeling in the mouth!. A 'sandpapery' feeling!.
Wine tasters use such earthy terms (for eg: flinty, chalky, stoney) to describe the feel of the wine!. Simply put, that feeling which lingers in the back of the throat!.
Hope this helps ! Cheers! :-)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Dry isn't the right substitution!. Dry means, literally, not sweet!. Wine starts out like grape juice -- very sweet!. After fermentation, the sugar is gone, and alcohol remains!. This is unique to alcoholic drinks!. Dry is opposed to semi-sweet, where the ferrmentation is stopped a little bit early so there is less alcohol; the result being a wine which is more sweet than a fully fermented dry wine!.
I can tell you tannins make wine bitter!. Theroux is referring to chalkiness as something undesireable, and I'm not sure I can find a decent word to use in place of chalky!. Perhaps something which you know the Bulgarian reader would recognize as undesireable in a wine!. Any type of texture, mouthfeel, or finish adjective would make some sense!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I can tell you tannins make wine bitter!. Theroux is referring to chalkiness as something undesireable, and I'm not sure I can find a decent word to use in place of chalky!. Perhaps something which you know the Bulgarian reader would recognize as undesireable in a wine!. Any type of texture, mouthfeel, or finish adjective would make some sense!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It means it tastes like chalk!. White chalk tastes like vanilla, red chalk tastes like strawberry, etc!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
