| Typical Bowmore suppleness but a tannic astringency cuts into its usual velvety texture and turns it into nubbly silk. |
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| Its purpose is to establish a vocabulary for describing the sensations of astringency and mouthfeel in red wines. |
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| Tannins act as feeding deterrents either because of their astringency or indigestibility. |
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| It was heaped far too plentifully and upset the balance of the dish with its harsh vinegar astringency. |
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| A warmly lyrical idiom gave place to a gritty astringency that must have been very disturbing to erstwhile admirers. |
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| Casein and gelatin function as adsorbents for phenolics and can reduce a wine's excess bitterness and astringency. |
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| It is an important issue because even trained tasters can have trouble distinguishing between bitterness and astringency. |
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| The tarragon sauce lent an interesting and subtle astringency, which gave the tender pork a real lift. |
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| This will ease heartburn, hyperacidity, gastritis and peptic ulceration, and its gentle astringency is also useful in treating diarrhoea in children. |
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| Like the persimon, the date plum looses its astringency when fully ripe. |
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| Tannin is responsible for the astringency, colour, and some of the flavour in tea. |
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| This astringency is an important aspect to tea, giving it a refreshing feeling. |
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| The bitter or pungent attributes are moderate and there is no hint of astringency. |
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| As fruit ripens, the degree of astringency declines proportional to changes in proanthocyanidin levels. |
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| What differentiates red wine from white are its tannins, and many red wines have a good deal of astringency as a result of their tannins. |
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| By their astringency, tannins absorb the excessive intestinal mucus, precipitate protein and help to reduce stool frequency. |
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| I doubt the 1983 will ever fully shed its tannic astringency, but it is a savory, medium to full-bodied wine that has reached full maturity. |
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| The wine often tastes as if it needs 40-50 years to shed some of its astringency and closed style. |
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| Texture: thick and smooth to start, followed by a delicate astringency that makes it lively and long in the mouth. |
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| It combines the intensive aroma of black teas with the complexity of Oolongs and without the astringency often to be found in black teas. |
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| Achtung Baby's ironic astringency was a successful reaction to Rattle and Hum's gauzy sincerity. |
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| For all its harmonic astringency, Ullmann's music is frequently beautiful. |
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| There was no distinctive flavour apart from a slight astringency. |
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| Earlier, astringency had been considered as one of the primary taste sensations, like sweetness, sourness, and particularly bitterness with which it has often been confused. |
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| Lactic acid bacteria can also reduce the vegetal notes, astringency and bitterness, while contributing to roundness and positive tannin expressions. |
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| Passed the initial peppered sensation, the palate is mainly marked by greenish tannins and excessive astringency that makes the wine look disjointed at this point. |
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| Finishing the manufacturing process with a special steaming gives this green tea a great taste without much astringency, as well as a deep green color. |
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| Specifically, cooked and sweet aromatic flavors and astringency increased from the raw to finished product. |
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| Still a little chewy, any astringency was outweighed by smooth, ripe tannins and wood-shavings. |
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| The BM45 yeast is a high polysaccharide producer which will influence tannin quality, mouthfeel and volume while reducing the astringency of the wine. |
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| Its pavilions at clubs such as Sefton Park, Bootle and Northern were rooted in Victorian confidence, but were adjusting to Thatcherite astringency with varying degrees of success. |
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| There's a hint of astringency there, but that fades with time. |
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| A lightish red, but with bags of character, it has a subtle smell of spicy red fruits and a gentle astringency, like a rather good red Burgundy. |
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| The beer has a significant, moderately harsh, hoppy bitterness, leaving behind a feeling of pleasant, gradually diminishing bitterness, without any hint of harshness or astringency. |
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| Unless handled in specific ways during cooking, the sweet, creamy pulp will revert to bitter astringency. |
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| Unfortunately, the interaction of proteins and polyphenols produces astringency and bitter taste. |
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| A smooth, bitter-sweet initial taste is matched by some astringency in the aftertaste and a rich, malty, moreish finish. |
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| Except that, the tongue can have some other perceptions which are not generally called tastes and are not included in the number of the five main tastes astringency, pepperiness, coldness, fat. |
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| Everything good in nature and the world is in that moment of transition, when the swarthy juices still flow plentifully from nature, but their astringency or acridity is got out by ethics and humanity. |
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| But to say much that is striking, new or true about those would take aphoristic gifts or an astringency of mind that Mr Manguel does not claim to possess. |
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| American Beauty also maintains the astringency of satire. |
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| That dehusked malt gives it a dark malt bitterness, with no astringency. |
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| Very light body, mouthwatering long-lasting acid, no astringency, medium plus alcohol 13 percent throws very little heat, but offers a slight prickle on the lips. |
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| A dry wine with medium acidity and a fine chalky astringency. |
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| Astringency is removed by cooking, and choke cherries make tasty pie-fillings, sauces and wine. |
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