Here are the definitions for the letter "m"

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Mature

Ready to drink.

MAUZAC

Minor grape mainly grown in the Gaillac region southeast of Bordeaux in France. Used, with Len de l 'El to create mildly sweet and sparkling white blended wines. It is also known in other regions under the local synonym name of Blanquette; (not to be confused with a similarly named grape grown in certain regions of Australia).

MAVRO

Grape variety common to Greece and Cyprus. Used to produce an unremarkable dark red varietal wine or, on Cyprus, a dry red blend with Opthalmo grapewine having limited aging ability.

MAVRODAPHNE

Red-wine grape widely grown in the Patras region on the north coast of the Peloponnese in southern Greece and either used to make a dry wine suitable for blending purposes, or, as also on the island of Rhodes, to make a moderately sweet, portlike, dessert wine.

MAZUELO

Alternate name for Carignan grape in Spain. (See above).

Meager (see also Thin, Watery)

Lacks "body" and "depth". Has definite feeling of flavour dilution. Seems to occur in some select varietal wines vinified from grapes subjected to late season rain, although there are other explanations as well.

Meaty

A wine with chewy, fleshy fruit; sturdy and firm in structure.

Meaty (see also Fat, Oily)

With much body as though you could chew it. The reference is to lean meat, so indicates less body present than "fleshy".

Mellow

Smooth and soft, with no harshness.

MELON DE BOURGOGNE

Identical to the Muscadet de Bourgogne grape. (See below).

MENCÍA

Light red wine variety widely grown in Galicia, N.W Spain. Has the synonym names Negra and Loureiro Tinto. Recently found (1999) by Spanish researchers to be identical with the variety Jaén (du Dao), although some growers still insist the variety is a mutated version of Cabernet Franc.

Mercaptans

An unpleasantly rotten, sulfur smell found in some defective wines.

Meritage

A term coined by California wineries, for Bordeaux-style red and white blended wines that often don't meet minimal labeling requirements for varietals. If a winery produces a Meritage wine, it is frequently their most expensive blended dry wine. Examples of wines that fall into this category include Opus One, Phelp's Insignia and Dominus.

MERLOT

Classic grape widely grown in the Bordeaux region of France and elsewhere. The red wine bears a resemblance to Cabernet Sauvignon wine, with which it is sometimes blended, but is usually not so intense, with softer tannins. Matures earlier than Cabernet S

MERLOT BLANC

Obscure, low prestige french cultivar used for white-wine blends. Currently thought to be unrelated in any way to the Merlot red-wine cépage.