| Simple sugars called polysaccharides and amino acids like methionine and perhaps tannins are probably what they are after by eating the trees. |
| The nut, which may also be called areca nut, contains a stimulating alkaloid and tannins which give it a pleasantly astringent taste. |
| Peppery, spicy and prickly with good tannins there are ample amounts of redcurrant and raspberry fruit flavours present in this wine. |
| Witch hazel contains astringent tannins that dry up the fluid-filled skin and relieve pain by increasing circulation. |
| On the palate it's a middleweight, plummy wine, and the tannins are fairly soft. |
| When tannins mellow with age, they sweeten up, helping wine to step up to the next level of complexity. |
