full-bodied - marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
This Freda-woman was a splendid creature, full-bodied, beautiful, and nobody's fool; but love had come along and soured her on the world, driving her to the Klondike and to suicide so compellingly that she was made to hate the man that saved her life.
These, in turn, were crowded out by Japanese women, doll-like, stepping mincingly on wooden clogs; by Eurasians, delicate featured, stamped with degeneracy; by full-bodied South-Sea-Island women, flower-crowned and brown-skinned.
As a general rule, concentrated, full-bodied reds with generous fruit flavours will intensify meat, and the thickness of the sauce is a good indication of the weight of the wine you need.
Branded as a French classic and bistro staple, a drop of Burgundy is the obvious choice in a casserole of boeuf bourguignon -but a full-bodied southern French such as Ortas Rasteau Cotes du Rhone Villages Rouge, France (PS9.95, www.herculeswines.co.uk) will beef it up even more.
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