Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

charpenté

English translation:

full-bodied

Added to glossary by Stephanie Mitchel
Feb 26, 2003 04:28
21 yrs ago
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French term

charpenté

French to English Marketing Wine / Oenology / Viticulture wine & spirits
Wine marketing. Used as an adjective in a list of adjectives describing a wine. I've found 'well-built,' but I wonder if there's something better.

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full-bodied

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Note added at 2003-02-26 04:34:51 (GMT)
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Full-bodied wine of Eger. This is famous wine of Eger, which is so red like
the blood of the bull such as his name (Bikavér) tells us. Egri Bikavér. ...
www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/cuisine/drinks/eger.html - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

... This full-bodied wine is a great choice to accompany flavorful, hard
cheeses and rich foods like roast chicken, salmon and lobster. ...
www.sbwinery.com/distributor/shelftalkers/ lafond_srh_chardonnay.pdf - Similar pages
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agree cjohnstone
5 hrs
agree Jim Collis
5 hrs
agree jerrie
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full bodied

Déf. :
((Se dit d'un)) vin assez alcoolique, puisque l'alcool assure la tenue d'un vin.

[Office de la langue française, 1995]
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a good built

seen it to describe wines
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