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demi-sec

[ dem-ee-sek ]

adjective

  1. (of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.


demi-sec

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adjective

  1. (of wine, esp champagne) medium-sweet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of demi-sec1

From French, dating back to 1930–35; demi-, sec 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of demi-sec1

C20: from French, from demi half + sec dry
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A demi-sec Vouvray would be another great option.

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You could try a Moscato d’Asti, if you would like a wine with bubbles, or a demi-sec Vouvray.

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The spicier the gumbo the better a slightly sweet wine will be, like a kabinett or spätlese riesling or a demi-sec Vouvray.

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Spiced chips, Ms. Coney says, team up best with a bottle of demi-sec Champagne; kettle chips with blends; vegetable chips with rosé Champagne.

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While these wines were dry, chenin blanc also has the capacity, as Josh of Ottawa and Tom of Norwell, Mass., pointed out, to make all sorts of sweet wines, whether the barely sweet sec tendre, the moderately sweet demi-sec, the lushly sweet moelleux or the unctuously sweet wines of the Coteaux du Layon, a Loire region that is home to Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume, two appellations that produce gorgeous sweet wines, particularly in the years when the grapes are afflicted by botrytis cinerea, the so-called noble rot.

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