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fase gustativa

English translation: aftertaste

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Spanish term or phrase:fase gustativa
English translation:aftertaste
Entered by: Mariana Moreira

16:34 May 11, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / drink
Spanish term or phrase: fase gustativa
Within a text describing a wine: "...ya llama la atención en su fase gustativa." (Spain, descriptive text on wine production). Does it have something to do with palate?
Alex
aftertaste
Explanation:
It's an expression usully used when wine tasting, it describes the wine and not the wine production:)

...called the "finish," this is the taste that remains in the mouth after the wine is swallowed. A really great wine will have a long, complex aftertaste. ...
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 20:20
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Thankyou very much for answering - very useful
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5aftertaste
Mariana Moreira
4 +1tasting phase / session
margaret caulfield


  

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aftertaste


Explanation:
It's an expression usully used when wine tasting, it describes the wine and not the wine production:)

...called the "finish," this is the taste that remains in the mouth after the wine is swallowed. A really great wine will have a long, complex aftertaste. ...



    Reference: http://www.wine.com/aboutwine/glossary.asp?g_id=5&Letter=A
Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 3
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Thankyou very much for answering - very useful
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tasting phase / session


Explanation:
In other words, when the wine is being tested (and tasted)

margaret caulfield
Local time: 21:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

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