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‖ pourriture|purityr|
Also (rare) pouriture.
[a. F. pourriture a rotting, decomposition, f. pourrir:—L. putrēre to rot.]
a. Rotten or decomposed substance; a person in a ‘rotten’ or unwell condition.
1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 17 Earth is also sometimes improv'd by Mixtures of Fern, rotten Leaves, and the pouriture of old Wood. 1890E. Dowson Let. 11 Feb. (1967) 136, I have a bad cold, leaden spirits, and in fine feel all round a pretty fair ‘pourriture’.
b. pourriture noble [lit. ‘noble rot’: see noble a. 7 f]: a common grey mould, Botrytis cinerea, affecting grapes, which is deliberately cultivated to perfect certain French and German wines, and Tokay; the condition of being affected by this mould; also ellipt. as pourriture.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 722/2 The peculiar character of the Sauternes, for during the latter period of ripening a specific micro-organism termed Botrytis cinerea develops on the grape, causing a peculiar condition termed pourriture noble (German Edelfäule). 1924,1935[see noble a. 7 f]. 1951R. Postgate Plain Man's Guide to Wine vi. 98 A full and scented wine, the product of the pourriture noble. 1963Times 8 Feb. 12/5 Wines made from..over-ripe single grapes which are, in effect, sun⁓dried raisins, in a state of pourriture noble, or princely decay. 1966P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 175 Several great properties have begun to make dry wines again..by picking the grapes before the pourriture has started to form. 1972Country Life 14 Dec. 1658/3 The vin jaune grapes are not harvested until November, by which time they have been withered by the pourriture noble..that affects Sauternes and the great sweet wines of Germany. |