Said of wines which have a more “or less intense blood-red, recalling the color of garnets and similar precious stones, and of some varieties of gooseberries, etc. This garnet tint is seen in heavy-bodied dinner wines, such as Barbera, Gattinara, Borgogna, and in wines made from grapes grown on clayey and ferruginous soils. These wines in [...]

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