1A variety of wine grape grown chiefly in Madeira.
塞尔斜葡萄
Example sentencesExamples
Plantings of the traditional varieties Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, and Malvasia are slowly increasing once again since their rout as a result of phylloxera.
1.1A dry light Madeira made from the Sercial grape.
塞尔斜葡萄酒
Example sentencesExamples
The name is used on Madeira labels to indicate a medium-dry style somewhere between Sercial and Bual, with nuttiness and a just discernible amount of sweetness.
Vintage Madeira, especially Sercial, is capable of many decades' bottle ageing.
The driest is Sercial, aged for at least eight years.
The 5-Year-Old Sercial and 5-Year-Old Verdelho are way too sweet, lacking acidity; they taste like sugar water with caramel flavoring; for the tourist trade.
Origin
Portuguese.
Definition of Sercial in US English:
Sercial
nounsərsˈyäl
1A variety of wine grape grown chiefly in Madeira.
塞尔斜葡萄
Example sentencesExamples
Plantings of the traditional varieties Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, and Malvasia are slowly increasing once again since their rout as a result of phylloxera.
1.1A dry light Madeira made from the Sercial grape.
塞尔斜葡萄酒
Example sentencesExamples
Vintage Madeira, especially Sercial, is capable of many decades' bottle ageing.
The 5-Year-Old Sercial and 5-Year-Old Verdelho are way too sweet, lacking acidity; they taste like sugar water with caramel flavoring; for the tourist trade.
The driest is Sercial, aged for at least eight years.
The name is used on Madeira labels to indicate a medium-dry style somewhere between Sercial and Bual, with nuttiness and a just discernible amount of sweetness.