astringent

Three wines come chilled in filled-to-meniscus 8-ounce pours: Radley & Finch chenin blanc, mildly lemony-tart to cut the chicken fat, salve any spiciness and ready the maw for the next bite; Two Shepherds sparkling orange for a more puckery, citrus-rind pairing; and a sparkling red, also from Two Shepherds, for fans of a little astringent bitterness.

The latter are bitter and astringent compounds that come from grape skins, seeds and stems.

Frank‘s and Charley‘s very different definitions of what constitutes a friend offers an astringent alternative to our culture’s sometimes treacly, overly simplistic portrayal of the bond.

Lyniv seized opportunities to foreground astringent harmonies.

Winogrand, who died in 1984, at 56, had an astringent take on the world that didn’t benefit from the infusion of color.