butter bombとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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butter bomb (複数形 butter bombs)

1. (informal) A wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.
   • 1997, "Jason Brandt Lewis", TN: Hyatt Vineyards, WA (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.food.wine)

     ...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!).

   • 2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club:

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

   • 2007, "DaleW", TN: Charity tasting: Stony Hill, '68 Taurasi,76Prum, '78 Barolo,'00 CSH, more (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.food.wine)

     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.

   • 2007, Christina Melander, Janis Miglavs, Pacific Northwest: the Ultimate Winery Guide

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

   • 2007, Philip Goldsmith, Moon Northern California Wine Country

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