Elegance and lightness: two standards, not one

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The standard

Separate assessment keeps the two apart: it examines balance and weight as distinct questions, rather than inferring elegance from a light body.

Criteria

Elegance is measured by the proportion of the parts, lightness by their quantity
A heavy wine can be elegant
A light wine is not thereby elegant
Both judgements are reasoned separately

Distinction

Elegance ≠ lightness: a wine's balance is independent of its weight. Where the two are equated, the lighter wine wrongly counts as the more elegant. Separate assessment prevents this short circuit.