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Date: 2005-07-11 18:08:10

Subject: What Does It Mean By Fruity In German Wine Term?

Hi guys
I had posted the issue regarding the difference between "Dry" and
"Fruity" in other boards and I was bombarded with bad eggs by some of
them. My interpretation: A truly fruity wine is synonymous with pure
fruit juice that has some natural sweetness present. Wine that is
vinified to extreme dryness to my term is only half fruity because it
is bland or bitter to the taste though it smells fruity. According to
the Oxford Dictionary: “Bitter” = not sweet.
1) Read the following line taken from a website:
“Recent research into the UK market shows that in blind tastings both
traditional, fruity German wines and modern, dry style German
wines.....”
www.winesofgermany.co.uk/FeatureArticleArchive/grape_feat_arc_01.htm
Notice the phrases “traditional fruity German” and “modern dry style
German”. It implies: with and without natural sweetness of fruits.
2) Fruity wines with residual sugar are listed separately from the
dry ones in the following WebPages:
www.giftideasforyou.com/wine/index-fruity.html
Conclusion: Dessert wines (Auslese, BAs, TBAs, Sauternes etc) smell
fruity
and taste fruity.
Dry wines are just wine that smell fruity but taste dry.
In short, "A fruity dessert wine but a fruit-scented dry wine". What
do you say guys? Hurl your bad eggs if you wish guys, I am ready for
them.
Ray

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