Caudalie

Caudalie (from Latin cauda = tail or tail) is the unit of measurement in which the length of time the aromas of the wine remain in the mouth ( finish ) after swallowing or spitting out. The decisive factor for this is the hierarchical sorting of a wine. One caudalie corresponds to one second .

The quality wine class begins with values ​​of 8 to 10 caudalies. Wines with a finish of 20 caudalies are classified as good, wines with 50 caudalies as top class.

literature

• Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3. Edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .