astringency
Example Sentences
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Larsen has the most consequential role and she imparts just the right note of astringency.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
But the astringency remained, and then “someone had the bright idea of resting it on a spirit,” says Joe Horning, the liquid quality and innovations manager at the London-based Sipsmith Gin.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024
Anchored by Lelio’s intelligent filmmaking — and by Pugh’s beautifully calibrated mix of physical vigor and temperamental astringency — Lib embodies the story’s arguments, themes and power with vivid clarity.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
You need a little bit of astringency to kind of cut against that, a little bit of darkness just to mitigate against that.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2022
In white and light colored wines we desire smoothness and delicacy of bouquet and taste; in dark red wines, we desire astringency and body, as they are to be the so-called stomach or medical wines.
From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by Husmann, George
