Usually means: Beneficial fungus sweetens some wines.
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  1. noble rot: Merriam-Webster
  2. noble rot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. noble rot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. noble rot: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. Noble rot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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▸ noun:  A benevolent form of the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, in the right conditions, leads to a concentrated sweet wine.

Similar:
botrytis, brown rot, bitter rot, white rot, saprot, wood-rot, sap rot, oidium, bolet, brett, more...

Opposite:
ignoble rot, gray rot, bunch rot

Phrases:
The Noble Rot, more...

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Similar:
botrytis, brown rot, bitter rot, white rot, saprot, wood-rot, sap rot, oidium, bolet, brett, more...

Opposite:
ignoble rot, gray rot, bunch rot

Phrases:
The Noble Rot, more...



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