Used to describe relatively hard, high-acid wines that lack depth and roundness Usually said of young wines that need time to soften, or wines that lack richness and body
Usually used in description of dry, relatively hard and acidic wines that seem to lack depth and roundness Such wines may soften a bit with age Term often applied to wines made from noble grape varieties grown in cool climates or harvested too early in the season
disapproval If you describe someone as austere, you disapprove of them because they are strict and serious. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person
Characteristic of wines that are lean in body and high in acidity but overall on the pleasant side Usually white wines are likely to be austere in style
practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic do something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"