Thread: Weght on the tongue

the context is:
the wine has "weight on the tongue".
Can anybody explain me what it means? Please!!

Originally Posted by Ataklena

the context is:
the wine has "weight on the tongue".
Can anybody explain me what it means? Please!!

I suppose it means it has alot of flavour or something. I'm not really sure, you'd have to ask a wine taster.

Funny. I thought alcohol made the tongue loose, not heavy!

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Funny. I thought alcohol made the tongue loose, not heavy!

It does both.

Typically, at least in American English, when you use the word 'weight' like that, it typically means 'influence'. So in this context, I'm pretty sure having "Weight on your tongue" means that there is an influence on the tongue.

Another popular example:
He's got a lot of weight around here.


tdk

There is alot of wine tasting vocabulary that ordinay people don't understand. Odds are if you asked a wine taster they wouldn't be able to explain it to you without having you taste several bottles and then you still wouldn't know what he was talking about.

Maybe if Ateklana could provide the source, we might better be able to identify the meaning

tdk

Originally Posted by tdk2fe

Maybe if Ateklana could provide the source, we might better be able to identify the meaning

tdk

I agree. Send us all a bottle, and we'll let you know!

Originally Posted by tdk2fe

Typically, at least in American English, when you use the word 'weight' like that, it typically means 'influence'. So in this context, I'm pretty sure having "Weight on your tongue" means that there is an influence on the tongue.

Another popular example:
He's got a lot of weight around here.


tdk

Yes, but what does "influence on the tongue" actually mean.

Weight means it has a full flavor, almost , but not quite, too strong.

Light is the opposite, meaning bordering, almost, but not quite, watery.

I'm betting it is a Burgandy.
It would go well with a heavily spiced or cremed meal. (Cremed, not creamed)

A 1990 Chateaux de Couchon, Moulon Rouge (OK, I made the last part up).

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Weight means it has a full flavor, almost , but not quite, too strong.

Light is the opposite, meaning bordering, almost, but not quite, watery.

I'm betting it is a Burgandy.
It would go well with a heavily spiced or cremed meal. (Cremed, not creamed)

A 1990 Chateaux de Couchon, Moulon Rouge (OK, I made the last part up).

How do they say it in Boston... sommeliea-ah.

Originally Posted by capecoddah

cremed

Is that pronounced like in Kremed-lin?

Thanks a lot, everybody who replied!

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Weight means it has a full flavor, almost , but not quite, too strong.

Light is the opposite, meaning bordering, almost, but not quite, watery.

I'm betting it is a Burgandy.
It would go well with a heavily spiced or cremed meal. (Cremed, not creamed)

A 1990 Chateaux de Couchon, Moulon Rouge (OK, I made the last part up).

Wow!.. I see, it must be something like "насыщенный вкус".
Actually, I met this expression in a book and that's why I couldn't understand even if it meant good or bad
But now I know what to do with it when I read it on a bottle, thank you!

Black Mage....
Cremed and sommelier are pronounced true to Francais, like Jackie Kennedy would say the words, not the cartoon accent of John F., Robert or <shudder> Teddy Kennedy. A "Back-Bay" accent works best.
Cremed sounds like you are clearing your throught...
But you live near Chi-kah-go :P

Ataklena...
I had to use a translator for "насыщенный вкус", perhaps a wine tasting party some time. Вино...