butter bomb

plural butter bombs

1. informalA wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.

   The result is a creamy, fruit-driven wine that is by no means a butter-bomb.

   2007, Philip Goldsmith, Moon Northern California Wine Country

   4 more examples

   ...this wine has the structure for another 1-3 years of aging. Classic WA Chardonnay, great with food, but not the typical "butter bomb" from California (thankfully!).

   1997, Jason Brandt Lewis, “TN: Hyatt Vineyards, WA”, in alt.food.wine (Usenet)

   ...between $4 and $5 a bottle, you can't go wrong with those big butter-bomb styles.

   2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club

   1981 — for a wine that saw no malo, this is a butter bomb. Butter over baked apple pie, despite fullness there is good crispness, my favorite of night.

   2007, DaleW, “TN: Charity tasting: Stony Hill, '68 Taurasi,76Prum, '78 Barolo,'00 CSH, more”, in alt.food.wine (Usenet)

   ...transforms it into a butter bomb. Northwest wine-makers tend to craft lean, crisp versions with more apple than tropical fruit notes...

   2007, Christina Melander, Janis Miglavs, Pacific Northwest: the Ultimate Winery Guide