of cheaper wines, imparting a slightly medicinal "tonic" flavor. Vinsdouxnaturels (VDN) are lightly fortified wines typically made from white Muscat...
Vindouxnaturel (VDN) is a style of lightly fortified wine, typically made from white Muscat grapes or red Grenache grapes in the south of France. There...
Grenache have led to extensive use in fortified wines, including the red vinsdouxnaturels of Roussillon such as Banyuls, and as the basis of most Australian...
Maury is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for fortified vindouxnaturel wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France. Almost all wines are...
appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for naturally sweet, fortified wines (vindouxnaturel or VDN). The name refers to both a production region within Languedoc-Roussillon...
sweet Montilla-Moriles & sherry, particularly Pedro Ximénez, and vinsdouxnaturels. The Pedro Ximenez dessert wine is unique because it is a raisin wine...
covering both fortified and unfortified wines. The sweet fortified wines (VinDouxNaturel, VDN) can be red, rosé or white, and have long been produced under...
Mavrodafni, Muscat, and Muscadelle wines; Balsamic, Commandaria, some Vinsdouxnaturels, and Sherry vinegars; Brandy de Jerez; beer; rums; and whiskies. Since...
than the Vin de Corse AOC. The Muscat du Cap Corse AOC includes the vindouxnaturel wines produced in the northern peninsular tip of the island. The Patrimonio...
Mourvèdre and Syrah are often blended with it. Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC, a vindouxnaturel, also comes from the region. The production area covers the following...
The term vin de liqueur is also used by the European Union to refer to all fortified wines. These wines are similar to vinsdouxnaturels but are sweeter...
In Roussillon, late-picked Macabeo is also used in fortified wine (vindouxnaturel). As well as on its own as exceptional young white wine Macabeo is...
of products including dry, semi-dry and fortified wines (including Vindouxnaturel styles). Additionally the region produces ice wines, late harvest wines...
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for fortified wines (of the type vindouxnaturel) made in the Roussillon wine region of France. They are similar to...
the grape is used as a blending component in some of the regions vindouxnaturel wines. Nearly half of all Grenache blanc plantings in France are located...
alcohol to the must either before fermentation (i.e. vin de liqueur) or during (i.e. vindouxnaturel) Oak The most commonly used wood source for fermentation...
for the French term vindouxnaturel denoting a wine that has been fortified during fermentation. VDQS Abbreviation for the French Vin Délimité de Qualité...
Gascogne, and the macvin du Jura are three AOC French mistelles. The Vindouxnaturel or sweet wines are wines where fermentation was stopped before completion...
the grapes grown in Collioure are destined for use in the fortified Vinsdouxnaturels of the region. The grapes that do not get used for Banyuls are then...
potential. After aging at the winery most wood-aged ports, sherries, vinsdouxnaturels, vins de liqueur, basic level ice wines, and sparkling wines are bottled...
the colloquial, être au jus (to be informed). au naturel 1. a. Nude. b. In a natural state: an au naturel hairstyle. 2. Cooked simply. Also used in French...