butter bomb
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.19 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "...this wine has the structure for another 1-3 years of aging. Classic WA Chardonnay, great with food, but not the typical "butter bomb" from California (thankfully!)."
- "...between $4 and $5 a bottle, you can't go wrong with those big butter-bomb styles."
- "1981 — for a wine that saw no malo, this is a butter bomb. Butter over baked apple pie, despite fullness there is good crispness, my favorite of night."
- "...transforms it into a butter bomb. Northwest wine-makers tend to craft lean, crisp versions with more apple than tropical fruit notes..."
- "The result is a creamy, fruit-driven wine that is by no means a butter-bomb."