: a syrupy liquor of low alcoholic strength made from black currants and used chiefly as a flavoring and sweetening agent
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The wine offers intense blackberry, mocha, and cassis aromas with subtle earthy undertones.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Grown on the volcanic slopes of the Mount Etna, this super wine is garnet colored and offers aromas of ripe black fruits, cassis, and red plum.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Wild berries, forest floor, bright red cherries, minerality, morel mushrooms, floral notes, cassis and a lot more minerality… nothing on earth can produce the magically ethereal aromas that great Pinot Noir wines can evoke.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
This region, located about an hour north of San Francisco, is known for big, bold reds with ripe blackberry, cassis, and vanilla flavors, often with a hefty dose of oak.
—Emily Price, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Grown on the volcanic slopes of the Mount Etna, this super wine is garnet colored and offers aromas of ripe black fruits, cassis, and red plum.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Wild berries, forest floor, bright red cherries, minerality, morel mushrooms, floral notes, cassis and a lot more minerality… nothing on earth can produce the magically ethereal aromas that great Pinot Noir wines can evoke.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
This region, located about an hour north of San Francisco, is known for big, bold reds with ripe blackberry, cassis, and vanilla flavors, often with a hefty dose of oak.
—Emily Price, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cassis
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“Cassis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassis. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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