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Alicante Bouschet

Alicante Bouschet

1 9.3
A red wine made from grapes with deep color and strong taste
  • noun
: Alicante Bouschet
  • We enjoyed a glass of rich Alicante Bouschet on the terrace overlooking the fields.

Examples

  • This vineyard is famous for producing high-quality Alicante Bouschet wines.

  • The sommelier recommended an Alicante Bouschet to pair with our steak dinner.

  • I enjoyed a glass of Alicante Bouschet last night.

  • The Alicante Bouschet from Spain is excellent.

  • The sommelier recommended an Alicante Bouschet to pair with our steak dinner.

  • This vineyard is famous for producing high-quality Alicante Bouschet wines.

  • We enjoyed a glass of rich Alicante Bouschet on the terrace overlooking the fields.

How Full-bodied

Alicante Bouschet
1 9.3
red wine
81 1.0

Surface Forms

Alicante Bouschet singular
Alicante Bouschets plural

Morphology

Alicante + Bouschet

This is a proper-name combination (a grape/variety name) where the parts are a place name and a surname with no general lexical meaning for learners; knowing the constituents does not let a B1 learner infer 'type of red wine'. Identifying it as a wine requires specific world knowledge about grape varieties and naming conventions, so its meaning is not compositionally derivable.

Etymology

Alicante Bouschet is named for a place and a person: Alicante is a Spanish town and Bouschet was the French grape grower who created the vine. He mixed grapes to make a very 'deep-coloured' red variety, so today Alicante Bouschet means a dark, full-flavoured red wine.