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Dosage

Typically a mixture of sugar and wine that is added to Champagne and other sparkling wines. There are two ways that a dosage is employed in making sparkling wine. The first dosage is added to the bottle along with some yeast. This initiates the secondary fermentation that produces the bubbles in sparkling wine. The second dosage, sometimes called a shipping dosage, is added following disgorgement. This dosage replaces any wine lost in disgorgement and adds some residual sugar to the wine.
 Dosage - Wine Glossary

Dry

A technical wine term that refers to the amount of residual sugar present in a wine. Dry, however, does not mean “no residual sugar”. Specifically wines without any residual sugar are referred to as bone dry. According to EU rules, a dry wine may have (i) up to 4 grams of sugar per liter of wine; or (ii) 9 grams of sugar per liter, provided that the total acidity expressed as grams of tartaric acid per liter is not more than 2 grams below the residual sugar content.
 Dry - Wine Glossary

Dusty

(1) A wine tasting term that refers to tannin that produce a physical sensation of dust or particles on the tongue.
(2) A tasting term that refers to the aroma of a dusty floor.
 Dusty - Wine Glossary


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