Definition of "vinosity" []

• The distinctive body, color, and taste of wine. (noun)

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• "Counoise and Picpoul provide charm, freshness, and bouquet, and a special winey taste, termed vinosity, for another 30% of the blend."
• "For, besides these lacrymatories, notable lamps, with vessels of oils, and aromatical liquors, attended noble ossuaries; and some yet retaining a vinosity and spirit in them, which, if any have tasted, they have far exceeded the palates of antiquity."
• "This is always a Champagne with great vinosity, an almost black currant nose with the associated brioche notes."