French Wine Terms Flashcards by Jono Taccolini

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Ardoise

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Slate

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Argile

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Clay

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Assemblage

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Blending

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Azote

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Nitrogen

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Baie

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Berry

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Barrique

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Bordeaux barrel

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Biologique

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Organic

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Bois

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Wood

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Bouchon

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Cork

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Brouillard

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Fog

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Bâtonnage

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Lees Stirring

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Béton

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Concrete

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Calcaire

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Limestone

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Chai

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Cellar

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Chapeau

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Cap

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Chêne

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Oak

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Clos

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Walled Vineyard

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Collage

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Fining

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Colline

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Hill

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Coulure

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Uneven set

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Craie

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Chalk

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Cuivre

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Copper

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Cuve

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Tank

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Cuverie

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Winery

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Cuvée

Blended wine

Cépage

Grape variety

Côte

Slope

Débourbage

Settling

Débourrement

Budbreak

Décuvage

Tank digout

Dégorgement

Disgorgement

Délestage

Rack and return

Échantillage

Sampling

Échantillon

Sample

Effeuillage

Leafing

Égouttage or Écoulage

Draining

Égrappage or Éraflage

Destemming

Élevage

Aging in barrel

Étiquette

Label

Fermentation alcoolique

Primary Fermentation

Fermentation spontanée

Native/spontaneous fermentation

Floraison

Flowering, anthesis

Foulage

Crushing

Fût

Barrel

Gelée

Frost

Goûte

Taste

Granit

Granite

Grappe

Cluster

Grappe Entière

Whole-cluster fermentation

Grêle

Hail

Inox

Stainless Steel

Levurage

Inoculation

Levures

Yeast

Lies

Lees

Liqueur d'expédition

Dosage

Longue Macération

Extended maceration

Lutte Raisonnée

Sustainable viticulture

Macération à froid

Cold-soak

Marc, gène

Pomace

Microbullage

Micro-oxygenation

Mildiou

Downy mildew

Millerandage

Chicks and hens

Millésime, récolte

Vintage

Mise en bouteille

BottlingMo

Mousseux, pétillant

Sparkling, carbonated

Moût

Must

Ouillage

Toppping

Oïdium

Powdery mildew

Peau

Skin

Pied

Vine

Pied de cuve

Yeast starter

Pigéage

Punchdown

Pièce

Burgundy barrel

Pompe

Pump

Porte-greffe

Rootstock

Pourriture

Rot

Presse, taill

Press wine

Pressurage

Pressing

Prise de mousse

Second fermentation

Provignage

Layering (burying shoots to multiply vines)

Pupitre

Riddling rack

Pépin

Seed, pip

Rafle

Stem

Raisin

Grape

Remontage

Pumpover

Remuage

Riddling

Schiste

Schist

Silex

Flint

Soufre

Sulfur

Soutirage

Racking

Sécateur

Pruning shears

Taille

Pruning

Tri

Sorting

Tuyau

Hose

Vendage, récolte

Harvest

Vigneron

Winegrower

Vignoble, vigne

Vineyard

Vin de cuvée

Light press wine

Vin de taille

Heavy press wine

Véraison

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