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justesse

English translation: hits the right notes

09:23 Jun 22, 2022
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French term or phrase: justesse
Tasting notes for a Saint-Joseph wine made with Syrah grapes. I'll give you the whole paragraph for context, but it's mainly the term "justesse" that I'm struggling with.

Le nez rappelle un panier de fruits rouges, avec des notes de pain d'épices. En bouche ce St Joseph est franc avec de la gourmandise et de la souplesse. Beaucoup d'équilibre et de *justesse* pour ce vin de plaisir.

Any help would be much appreciated!
Mark Harris
France
Local time: 19:43
English translation:hits the right notes
Explanation:
I'm not sure there is a single correct translation for this term, but you could turn the sentence around a bit and lean into the musical definition of 'justesse', i.e. going for something like "This is an enjoyable, well-balanced wine that hits all the right notes."

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Thanks!
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Melanie Kathan
Canada
Local time: 13:43
Grading comment
You're right that this could be translated a million different ways, but your suggestion was my favourite. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7hits the right notes
Melanie Kathan
4 +3authenticity
Bourth
3 +2honest
Conor McAuley
4high quality
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 -1accuracy
Radu DANAILA
Summary of reference entries provided
Good idea to look at synonyms
AllegroTrans

Discussion entries: 5





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
accuracy


Explanation:
"Quality of Red wine: 93.43% accuracy"

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" Wei D.M., Zhang Y.F., Zhang Y.L. Determination of wine accuracy by colorimetric method. Food Ind. 2001;4:45–46. [Google Scholar]"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774381/


    https://www.kaggle.com/code/alagappan2895/quality-of-red-wine-93-43-accuracy/notebook
Radu DANAILA
Romania
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: this makes no sense as a tasting moniker
13 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
authenticity


Explanation:
It's surely one of those words that - in tasting notes in particular - could be translated a thousand ways.

'Authenticity' might be one of them.

Authenticity is even the name of a Californian Syrah-based wine (which might not be a reason for using the word, but just so's you know).

"Every wine region in the world has its own terroir that gives its bottles authenticity"

Discussion of the word here: https://www.winespectator.com/articles/its-all-about-authent...


Bourth
France
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Basically any complementary adjective would do here
5 hrs
agree  Anastasia Kalantzi
7 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans: This works but I disagree with Phil
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
high quality


Explanation:
https://www.jjbuckley.com/wine-knowledge/blog/the-4-factors-...

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The above link also has a section devoted to wine that is characterized by "balance".

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: I very much doubt whether it's any higher than medium
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
honest


Explanation:
The wine is nothing fancy, but it does what it tries to do very well.

"it's an honest wine"

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 19:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris! Modest, unassuming, unflashy maybe too, but the chosen answer was rightfully selected methinks.
agree  Jennifer White: yes, have heard this in connection with wine." What is an HONEST Wine? Great wine is honest wine. A true expression of what the land, the growing season and the climate has to offer." etc.
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Jennifer!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
hits the right notes


Explanation:
I'm not sure there is a single correct translation for this term, but you could turn the sentence around a bit and lean into the musical definition of 'justesse', i.e. going for something like "This is an enjoyable, well-balanced wine that hits all the right notes."

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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2022-06-23 15:18:24 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks!

Example sentence(s):
  • Inky in color, the wine hits all the right notes with its floral, camphor, blackberry, incense, espresso and black currant aromatics.

    https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/2021/06/best-2020-margaux-wines-tasting-notes-ratings-harvest-reports/
Melanie Kathan
Canada
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
You're right that this could be translated a million different ways, but your suggestion was my favourite. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Good idea too.
1 hr
agree  JH Trads: this solution sounds great
2 hrs
agree  Conor McAuley
2 hrs
agree  Anastasia Kalantzi
3 hrs
agree  ormiston
7 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
10 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 days 14 mins
agree  Philippe Barré
2 days 1 hr
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Reference comments


13 hrs
Reference: Good idea to look at synonyms

Reference information:
synonymes

exactitude, convenance, correction, précision, propriété
bien-fondé, correction, raison, vérité
authenticité, exactitude, objectivité, précision, rectitude, véracité, vérité
perspicacité, finesse, lucidité

Synonymes de justesse

acuité
authenticité
bien-fondé
concision
conformité
convenance
correction
exactitude
fidélité
finesse
harmonie
impartialité
justice
logique
netteté
objectivité
opportunité
pertinence
précision
proportion
propriété
régularité
raison
rectitude
rigueur
sûreté
sincérité
vérité

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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