Sensory details are forms of imagery appeal to the human senses, sight, taste, sound, touch, and smell. An oppressive odor met us when we crossed the threshold, an odor I had met many times in rain-rotted gray houses where there are coil-oil lamps, water dippers, and unbleached domestic sheets (Lee 121).
White wines include: 1  Chardonnay â one of the worldâs most popular types of wine, Chardonnay is a fruity, often oaky, and usually dry white wine. 2  Chenin Blanc. 3  Muscadet â a very dry white from the Loire Valley in France which is an excellent combination with oysters and other shellfish.4  Muscat Blanc.hey are usually drunk at or just below room temperature. Types of red wine include: 1  Beaujolais â this is a fruity French wine made with Gamay grapes. 2  Bordeaux-a French red wine including Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc grapes.
The permissible grape varieties in red Bordeaux are: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. While wine making styles vary, a rule of thumb is that the Left Bank is predominately Cabernet Sauvignon based with the Right Bank being more Merlot based.