of wine: containing an abundance of tannins: markedly astringent
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The wines produced here are amber-colored from months of skin contact, tannic in ways white wine is not supposed to be, structured like reds but made from white grapes.—
Michelle Williams,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026 This rum spent a quarter century aging in American oak ex-bourbon barrels, and is the drier of the two with notes of black pepper, tannic oak, butterscotch, orange, dark roast espresso, crème brûlée, licorice, and menthol.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tannic