A wine with quite a lot of alcohol but too little fruit to give the mouth a satisfying flavour or weight once in the mouth.
Wine with a short End or Finish.
A wine with good aroma but lacking depth of flavour on the palate.
a wine with a decent beginning and end, but nothing to carry it in the middle-flavour.
lacking flavour; has a start and finish but no middle
Describes a wine that lacks a satisfying middle (or core) set of flavors.
Also known as shallow, refers to wines were something is felt to be missing, lacking in depth and concentration.
Also known as shallow, hollow wines are diluted and lack depth and concentration.
When you taste wine there are flavours at the front, in the middle and at the end. Hollow describes a wine whose flavour drops out in the middle before the onset of acidity. See Short which describes the end.
Lacking in middle flavors and structure; the sense that something is missing between the first taste and the finish. Hollow wines are often the result of yields that are too large, diluting the quality of the grapes.
Describes a wine that has a first taste and a short finish, and lacks depth in the middle. No body
Lacking in flavour, especially in the mid-palate. Describes a wine that has some flavour on the beginning of the sip and on the finish, but is missing intensity or distinct flavours in between.
Lacking in flavor. Describes a wine that has a first taste and a short finish, and lacks depth at mid-palate.
Lacking substance/flavours.