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With flavors of orange and pineapple, with a creamy, pillowy mouthfeel, M-43 in a glass appears similar to orange juice, hazy to the point of opaqueness.
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Cold water doesn’t but still gets the full range of mouthfeel and sweetness.
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Taste: Big mouthfeel with pine flavors dominating more than citrus notes.
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Made with 100 percent grenache blanc, the wine envelopes you with aromas of white flowers and notes of honey and citrus in its mouthfeel.
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A luscious mouthfeel, with ripe blue and black fruit and notes of violets and vanilla in a long, slow finish.
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Straight out of the can, Spam has the mouthfeel of a pinkish pâté and the look of congealed goo, putting it in stark contrast with artisanal cookery.
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That hot-cold mouthfeel is part of what makes a great gyro.
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Did You Know?
Do you sometimes find yourself trying to describe a concept or phenomenon for which you don't have a word? In such cases, it is not unusual for people to coin neologisms (new words or expressions) to describe such concepts or phenomena - the pink glow on the underside of gray clouds right before sunset, for example, or the sensation created in the mouth by a particular item of food or drink. Indeed, this latter concept has already been given a name, "mouthfeel," a simple combination of "mouth" and "feel" that can be used to describe the creamy warmth of a mushroom soup or the dry, velvety sensation of a pinot noir. This coinage is relatively new; its earliest known use dates back only to 1951.
First Known Use of mouthfeel
1951
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