Discolored wine

Have you ever drank discolored wine that was perfectly fine?

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aesthete8
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What is that?

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Mike Tommasi

What is the difference between Dis Colored and Dat colored?

Godzilla

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Godzilla
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Anders Tørneskog

I've never seen discolored used to mean clear. I've certainly had wines that looked darker than I expected (which would possibly indicate oxidation) show well.

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DaleW

possibly indicate oxidation) show well.

Is "discolored" a term that you use in the US?

Does it mean wine that has been somehow made lighter in colour on purpose, or wine that has somehow degraded and lost its colour accidentally?

Seemed like a weird question to me.

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Mike Tommasi
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Anders Tørneskog
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Anders Tørneskog

Discolored, as Anders said, means to be an "off" color. I'd say that in wine circles, a white wine that's gone brown would be considered discolored. It's less clear to me if bricking of a red wine would be considered discoloration, as if so my '96 Remelluri last night would qualify. And what about those greenish older Chenins? ;-)

Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton

I leave the exact interpretation to the native speakers... This foreigner believes that an "off" color is one that should not normally appear. Therefore the change in color brought by normal ageing is not necessarily to an off one, imho.

Anders

"Mark Lipt>> >>> I've never seen discolored used to mean clear.

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Anders Tørneskog

Is this a question posing robot??

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Mike Philben

Mike Tommasi wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

In some white wines (such as Sherry) that undergo a long "elevage" at the winery it is possible that the wine gets a darker colour, naturally. Fining and filtering can return the wines to a pale version, both stripping them from colour and interest, as is usually the case with some commercial versions of Fino and Manzanilla.

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santiago

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