grapiness

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grape

(grāp)

1. Any of various woody vines of the genus Vitis, bearing clusters of edible berries and widely cultivated in many species and varieties.

2. The fleshy, smooth-skinned, purple, red, or green berry of a grape, eaten raw or dried as a raisin and widely used in winemaking.

3. A dark violet to dark grayish purple.

4. Grapeshot.

[Middle English, from Old French, bunch of grapes, hook, of Germanic origin.]

grap·ey, grap·y adj.

grap′i·ness n.

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grapiness

(ˈɡreɪpɪnəs)

the quality of tasting like a grape

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Muscat de St Jean de Minervois (pounds 3.99 a half-bottle at Sainsbury), from the south of France, has light marmalade sweetness and delicate but refreshing grapiness despite its 15 per cent alcohol.

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It's not exactly trendy -and certainly not rare or expensive -but there's something about the refreshing grapiness of Muscat and that orange marmalade sweetness that brings a jaded palate back to life.