taglio
[TAH-lyoh]
Italian for "cut." A vino da taglio is a "cutting wine"—one with high ALCOHOL, deep color, and/or good BODY. Such wines are added in small quantities to other wines either to correct their deficiencies or to enhance them in some way.
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