Meaning of butter bomb | Babel Free

Definitions

A wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.

informal

Examples

“...this wine has the structure⟳ for another 1-3 years of aging. Classic WA Chardonnay, great with food, but not the typical "butter bomb" from California (thankfully!).”

“...between $4 and $5 a bottle, you can't go wrong with those big butter-bomb styles.”

“1981 — for a wine that saw⟳ no malo, this is a butter bomb. Butter over baked apple pie, despite fullness there is good crispness, my favorite of night.”

“...transforms it into a butter bomb. Northwest wine-makers tend⟳ to craft lean⟳, crisp versions with more apple than tropical fruit notes...”

“The result⟳ is a creamy, fruit-driven wine that is by no means a butter-bomb.”

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