Discolored wine

What is that?

What is the difference between Dis Colored and Dat colored?

Godzilla

"aesthete8" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@l26g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...

Yes... The Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Auslese 1976 from Günther Conrad always had a peculiar deep copper/brown color but was an excellent wine from the beginning til last I tasted it in 2008 something. Amazing vintage.

There have been others, but I agree - bad color usually means poor wine.

Anders

He said DISCOLORED (clear?). Has anyone here ever DRANK discolored wine?

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.

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.

Hehe, some Rieslings are quite colorless... Anders

"Mike Tommasi" skrev i meld>> "aesthete8" skrev i melding

dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors v.tr. To alter or spoil the color of; stain. v.intr. To become altered or spoiled in color. Anders

"Mike Tommasi" skrev i meld>> I've never seen discolored used to mean clear.

Yes yes, I meant, is it a term commonly used for wine?

Other than oxidiz> dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors

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

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.

Anders, Here I think that there's no definitive answer. Is age-related color change discoloration or not? To me, no, but to someone unfamiliar with aged wine? I don't know.

Mark Lipton

Is this a question posing robot??

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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