astringent

Example Sentences

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Overmaceration could result in extracting too much tannin and other elements from the skins, resulting in wines that were dark but heavy, astringent and out of balance, perhaps requiring further manipulation.

From New York Times

In North America, native varieties tend to have thick skin and an astringent, peppery, acidic taste that is quite different from the grapes used in most wines.

From Salon

You know that supple, almost astringent feeling in your mouth after you swallow red wine?

From Washington Post

Compared to a mellow cup of English Breakfast or bergamot-scented Earl Grey, green tea can seem bitter and astringent.

From Seattle Times

Few novelists write so astringently about how we misread people, and are forced to refresh, as if on a web browser, our assumptions about them.

From New York Times