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flinty
Resembling or containing flint
Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel
{a} made of flint, strong, hardhearted, cruel
If you describe a person or someone's character or expression as flinty, you mean they are harsh and show no emotion. her flinty stare. a man of flinty determination. = stony
Tasting term used to describe wine with a hard, austere, dry, clean white wine such as Chablis which has a bouquet reminiscent of flint struck by steel
showing a lack of emotion
A hard, stony taste in wine A "flinty" wine is said to recall gunflint Wines from the Chablis and Sancerre appellations in France have always been associated with a flinty smell and taste due to the calcareous soil Flinty wines are usually dry and austere
A descriptor for extremely dry white wines such as Sauvignon Blanc, whose bouquet is reminiscent of flint struck against steel
Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart
having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute
characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis
{s} hard as flint, hard as stone, unyielding; cruel, brutal; containing flint
having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Used to describe the fragrance or taste of some white wines, especially a White Bordeaux If you can remember what flint smells like when struck with steel, you'll have an idea of this characteristic
Dry, mineral character that comes from certain soils, mostly limestone, in which the wine was grown; typical of French Chablis and Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs (Sancerre)
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