It has a vibrant ruby color, a surprisingly rich palate and that seductive vegetal aroma, like a forest after a spring shower, that one finds in the best Burgundies but that's rare in a lighter wine like this.
Wine produced from low water status vines had significant reductions in vegetal aroma, but were rated highly for fruity aromas associated with red and black fruit [ 30].
Vegetal aromas fared particularly well.
These often exhibit earthy, vegetal aromas and flavors along with bold fruit.
That Paris cafe staple, the one that gets pushed across countless zinc bars in open pitchers, sometimes chilled to within a half degree of freezing, to mask its harsh tannins, its vegetal aromas, its lack of fruit?
The wine is usually consumed young, as it does not particularly benefit from aging, as varietal Sauvignon blancs tend to develop vegetal aromas reminiscent of peas and asparagus with extended aging.
4. Oud & Bergamot cologne £95/100ml, Jo Malone, jomalone.com A masculine scent that packs a punch of sensual, smoky wood due to oud, with a bergamot note. 5. Amazingreen £57/100ml, Comme des Garçons, 020 7494 6220 Light green top notes quickly dissipate leaving the smoky aroma of gunpowder accord, as well as a vegetal smell of the jungle floor.
IN the depths of a New York City winter, it's easy to forget what tropical warmth really feels like -- that close, comforting pressure on your bare skin, the humid aroma of vegetal growth and decay, the way vistas both urban and pastoral seem to shimmer, sigh and relax in the heat.
Teas with a lighter roast tend to be more vegetal and floral in aroma.
In addition to the sugary aroma, a tinge of herbal, floral or vegetal flavors evoke the island's rain forest.
Alcohol particularly holds down fruity and floral aromas, so the aroma that's left is mainly woody, herbaceous and vegetal.
