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púrpuras sostenidos

English translation: sustained purple

09:36 Jan 18, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / Tasting notes
Spanish term or phrase: púrpuras sostenidos
Describing the colour of the wine:

"Magníficos tonos de cereza madura y púrpuras sostenidos"

I need a good equivalent for "sostenidos". Thanks!
Mar Brotons
Spain
Local time: 22:08
English translation:sustained purple
Explanation:
Not such a common term, but used:

a The Dining Room Winelist - Ashbourne - Derbyshire - The Mobile ... - 2:06- [ Traduzca esta página ]a staggeringly full bodied wine with intense complexity on the nose and palate. 95.00 ... a sustained purple colour with a nose revealing cherry fruit and ...
www.themobilefoodguide.com/select/winelist10205.php



Color: A beautiful sustained purple Nose: Powerful and complex, with developed ... Tasting: Fleshy wine with a beautiful velvety, licorice texture, broad, ...
www.idealwine.us/france/calce/calce.html
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Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 22:08
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Cinnamon!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3sustained purple
Cinnamon Nolan


  

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sustained purple


Explanation:
Not such a common term, but used:

a The Dining Room Winelist - Ashbourne - Derbyshire - The Mobile ... - 2:06- [ Traduzca esta página ]a staggeringly full bodied wine with intense complexity on the nose and palate. 95.00 ... a sustained purple colour with a nose revealing cherry fruit and ...
www.themobilefoodguide.com/select/winelist10205.php



Color: A beautiful sustained purple Nose: Powerful and complex, with developed ... Tasting: Fleshy wine with a beautiful velvety, licorice texture, broad, ...
www.idealwine.us/france/calce/calce.html

Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Cinnamon!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: You found it, and it may well even come from the English originally.
51 mins
  -> Thanks, Noni! Have a nice weekend. :-)
agree  simona trapani
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Simona! :->
agree  Rosina Peixoto
6 hrs
  -> Thanks so much. :-)
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