A wine that is developing in bottle at a slower than expected rate, and as a result are usually predicted to age slowly. Considered a positive feature of a wine. Strange really as few people actually cellar wines today. Nevertheless, a backward wine would be expected to take longer to reach optimum maturity.

Describes a wine that is young and less developed than others of its age and type.

The opposite of forward, generally a young unevolved wine undeveloped and not yet ready to drink, although it can refer to an older wine that retains youthful characteristics and simply refuses to release its charms and personality requiring longer aging.

Used to describe a young wine that is less developed than others of its type and class from the same vintage.

An adjective used to describe (1) a young largely unevolved, closed, and undrinkable wine, (2) a wine that is not ready to drink, or (3) a wine that simply refuses to release its charms and personality.

This describes a wine that should be more developed than it is for its age.

Wines described as backward are undeveloped and not ready to drink. They are often young and tannic, and may also be described as austere. The opposite of forward.

Describes a wine that retains youthful characteristics despite considerable aging. This usually indicates that it will take longer to reach maturity and requires even more aging in the bottle or barrel. Opposite of forward.

A horse that is either too young or not fully fit.

The state behind or past.

adverb - The direction towards the space behind an object; movement in the negative z direction. In realmspace, represented by the vector 0,0,-1. The opposite direction is forward. See the chart under direction.

directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"

at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"

adj. on the fraction of the field behind of the batsman's popping crease, from the batsman's perspective; synonym for behind. adj. further in the direction behind the batsman's popping crease than something else being compared to.