Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.
Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
Well-balanced, graceful; characterized by poise and finesse. A high compliment for a wine.
A dubious wine tasting term. It refers to a well balanced wine that has subtle complexity. I say it is a dubious term because it is anthropomorphic (giving human traits to inanimate objects) and should be avoided. That said, I am guilty of using the word myself.
Wines that are balanced, refined character, harmonious and distinguished quality.
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
high quality wine with harmonious characteristics
A fine wine with refined qualities
Describes lovely, well-balanced wines-graceful and refined, but not necessarily full-bodied.
Describes wines that are graceful, well balanced and usually light-bodied.
Programming code so inherently beautiful in its logical structure that whether the software actually works is irrelevant.
stylish balance and refined quality.
Describes a wine that is generally medium bodied, with great balance, and tremendous harmony of all components.
Well balanced, with finesse, a truly fine wine.
Describes beautiful, well-balanced wines-graceful, not necessarily full-bodied.
From many to one, from repitition to unison, from purality to unity: our solutions help make the complex simple and eliminate inefficiencies. We embrace complexity by streamlining information systems into cohesive units that are free from overburdening extras, rely on simple underlying forms, and exhibit both strength and beauty.
A distinguished wine with good lineage, harmonious in color and aroma, balanced on the palate, with a good bouquet and the right period of aging.(Tasting term)
Refined character, distinguished quality, stylish, not heavy.
High quality wines that are light yet graceful and have finesse and complexity are often described as “elegant
Although more white wines than red are described as being elegant, lighter-styled, graceful, balance red wines can be elegant.
A well-balanced wine showing finesse in all departments.
Exceptionally high quality wines that are light & harmoniously balanced.
Describes a wine of grace, balance and beauty.
Well balanced, with finesse and breed.
Having complexity and finesse without being aggressive or heavy.
Refers to a complex wine with refinement, not a heavy, robust wine. "Fruity" is often used to describe wines that have the smell and flavor of fresh grapes. These wines are not necessarily sweet.
Refined flavours, harmonious balance, absence of coarseness.
Describes balanced, harmonious, refined wines. A wine with flavour, quality, and style, and that isn't heavy, tannic or acidic. A balance of components is also implied.
Used to describe wines of grace, balance and beauty.
What to say when there is great balance and grace in the wine, but you can't quite find apt words of description. Almost a synonym for "breed" (see also complex).