A tasting term meaning the wine is difficult to enjoy because of excessive sweetness or other feeling which "stays in your mouth too long" after the wine is gone. Found on http://www.edenwines.co.uk/Glossary_c.html
Usually a negative characteristic, denoting that the wine has an overly sticky or syrupy quality to it. This is particularly noted in the finish of cheap dessert wines but can also happen in overripe Shiraz, Zinfandel and Petite Sirah. Found on http://www.supplewine.com/wine101/glossary/
Cloying is a term used to describe a beer that is too sweet or too malty. This typically occurs when there were not enough hops to properly balance out the sweetness, if the mash temp was set too high and created too many unfermentable sugars, or if the yeast was not able to carry out a proper fermentation and too much sugar was left behind in the ... Found on http://www.westcoastbrewer.com/Beer_Glossary_and_Brewing_Terms.php
A dessert wine with too much sweetness; in need of more acidity to balance the sugar & lighten it on the palate. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22312
Describes a wine that has insufficient acid to support its level of sweetness. In practical terms, it refers to a wine which is Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22313
causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness. · overly ingratiating or sentimental. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/cloying