astringency

And she has assembled a company of women with that same poetic astringency.

Though mystic, the piece had a welcome astringency to it.

Lead's effects on the mouth include astringency and a metallic taste.

Those lines are meant to carry the astringency of hindsight.

Fried foods call for beers with some bitterness or astringency.

Their astringency makes them an excellent foil for fish and rich game meats.

And yet Orwell's astringency isn't the source of his appeal.

He threw a few crab apples into the brew to add a bit of astringency.

She was, he added, "a sublime mix of astringency and tenderness."

"I know," Con said with a touch of astringency.

In terms of Japanese tastes, the astringency and acidity were not accepted at the beginning.

When referring to wine, dry is the opposite of sweet, and does not refer to astringency.

They are generally soft and inviting, with little astringency or harsh tannin.

The astringency associated with wine is usually derived from a wine's tannins.

It is two scents really, a floral dissonance, a sweet astringency.

Its unsweetened astringency makes a better counterpoint to the scones.

The fruit is readily eaten by birds, which do not taste astringency as unpleasant.

Always, it's the sweetness and astringency of heirloom tomatoes.

Even the smell and the stinging miasma had begun to lose something of their astringency.

The wine's astringency perfectly offsets the sweet richness of butter and meat.

Yet the performance doesn't settle merely for a blunt, gin-dry astringency.

They are said to be tastier than those of the common cashew, for being sweeter and free from astringency.

These compounds contribute to the astringency, color and mouthfeel of the wine.

The reduction of tannin can reduce astringency in red wines intended for early drinking.

It also has a remarkable acidity, unsullied by grittiness or astringency.