Late-harvest wines that are meant to be drunk at the end of a meal can often be slightly raisiny, which in some ports and sherries is desirable. However, a raisiny quality is a major flaw in a dinner wine.
Over ripe grapes can give the wine a raisin taste, and as long as it isn't overpowering it can be a pleasant experience.
the flavor one senses in wines made from grapes that have more or less dried (shriveled and/or raisined) on the vine; often encountered in hot-climate wines.
The dried-grape flavor that appears in wines made from overripe fruit.
When perceptible as a specific fruit, generally the sign of a simple table wine made from warm-weather or over-ripe grapes. Australian red wines are often raisiny. Muscat wines are inherently raisiny, irrespective of the ripeness of the harvested Muscat grapes.
Smells reminiscent of raisins found in wines made from overripe grapes.
Mildly rich flavor due to excessive heat in the growing area which dries out grapes still on the vine. Considered a fault in most dry table wines.