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Glossary Terms Flashcards

1
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Toari

A

Decomposed basalt

Veneto

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Unità Geografica Aggiuntiva, UGA

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List of delimited sites which can appear on labels

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Söri

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Superior site… well exposed and sunny

Piemonte

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Cappuccina

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Variant of Guyot training system

[Congliano Valdebbiadene in Veneto]

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Sabbie Astiane

A

Sandy soils on banks of Tanaro River

Piemonte

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6
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Spumante

A

Fully sparkling

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Calanchi

A

Bare and arid clay rock formations from water erosion

Emilia Romagna

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Mezzadria

A

Share cropping system

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Caranto

A

Thin calcareous clay layer under clay topsoil

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Vino Santo

A

Desert wine - grapes affected with noble rot

Grapes pressed during Holy Week

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Dolce

A

Sweet

>45g/l

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Auslese or Scelto

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> 11.5% abv

TA-A

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13
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Pergola Trentina or Veronese

A

Overhead training

T= on inclined arm
V= on horizontal arm
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Superiore

A

Wine with higher min abv

Stricter production and longer ageing

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15
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Arele or Graticci

A

Wooden racks for drying grapes

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16
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Liquoroso

A

Fortified wine

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17
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Chiaretto or Kretzer

A

Rosé

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18
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Picai

A

Air drying grapes by tying clusters to rafters

Traditional in Gambellara

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19
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Igneous

A

Rock from cooled lava

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Helvetian or Serravallian

A

Soils of sandstone and sand

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Vin fiore

A

Free run wine

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22
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Bâtonnage

A

Stirring lees into wine

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23
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Dunkel or Scuro

A

Dark

Lagrein in TA-A

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Vigna or Vigneto

A

Single vineyard

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25
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Dosaggio Zero or Non Dosato

A

Sparkling without dosage

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26
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Maturazione sui lieviti or Sulle Fecce

A

Lees Ageing

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27
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Tonneaux

A

Vessel 500 litres

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28
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Fruttai

A

Protected well ventilated lofts on hillsides

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29
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Vendemmia Tardiva

A

Late Harvest

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30
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Abboccatto

A

Med dry

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31
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Passito

A

Wine from semi dried grapes

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32
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Novello

A

New

> 40% of wine from carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration (can be higher)

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33
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Flysch of Cormons or Ponca

A

Soils alternating sandstone and calceolarias marls

FVG

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34
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Dolomite

A

Mineral with calcium and Magnesium

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35
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Rive

A

One of 43 special sites with steep slopes
For Spumante

Veneto- Conegliano Valdobiadene

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36
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Fermo

A

Still

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37
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Tortonian

A

Fertile and compact calcareous marls

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38
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Vivace

A

Lively, lightly fizzy wine

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39
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Baroleggia

A

Aged Barbera (Barolo-like)

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40
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Magredi

A

Flat grasslands

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41
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Ronchi

A

Well exposed terraced sites
Also used for names of estates, vineyards or wines

FVG

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42
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Alberello

A

Vine grown as free standing low bush, used in windy areas

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43
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Pastini

A

Local Term of Terraces

FVG Carso DOC

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44
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Talento

A

Sparkling traditional method

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45
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Geraniol

A

Aromatic compound of Moscato grapes that contributes to Asti’s aromas

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46
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Botti

A

Large neutral Slavic oak or chestnut barrels

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47
Q

Byzantine

A

East Roman Empire

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48
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Chiarrifica

A

Chilled grape juice settles before ferment

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49
Q

Disciplinare

A

Official rules for appellations

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50
Q

Cruasè

A

Brand name to sparkling rosès in Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG

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51
Q

Annata or Millesimato

A

Vintage

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52
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Appassimento

A

Drying grapes before vinfication

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53
Q

Fletri or Passito

A

Wine from semi-dried grapes

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54
Q

Imbottigliato all’origine

A

Estate bottled

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55
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Bricco

A

Superior site on highest part of hill

[Piemonte]

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56
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Marogne

A

Dry stone walls of terraces

Veneto

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57
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Via Emilia

A

Roman Road from Piacenza to Rimini

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58
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Recioto

A

Sweet wines of Veneto

Meaning ‘ear’ =grapes picked from lateral side

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59
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Infernotti

A

Carved niches for storage in cellars

Monferrato

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60
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Maso

A

Estate winery term used in Trentino-Alto Adige

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61
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Bora

A

Cold wind from Eastern Europe

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62
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Rocche

A

Rocky cliffs

Roero Piemonte

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63
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Vinacce

A

Leftover unpressed lees and skins

64
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Conca (Di Bolzano)

A

Geological basin

At foot of Alps surrounding Bolzano city

65
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Colli

66
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Amabile

67
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Topia

A

Pergola - Vine on canopy alond chestnut arms sustained by pillars of stone and mortar. (Carema, Piemonte)

68
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Sciactrà

A

Ormaneasco di Pornassio DOC rosato

69
Q

Chinato

A

In Barolo a digestive from Barolo wine with herbs and spices

70
Q

Metodo Classico

A

Rifermantizione naturale in bottegli
Traditional sparkling method
Lambrusco Emilia Romagna

71
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Fletri

A

Passito in VdA

72
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Biotype

A

Genetically identical to another
Different characteristics
Adaptation to different environments

73
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Bordeaux Mixture

A

Copper sulfite mixture applied to vineyards to prevent fungal attack

74
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Cabernet

A

Term for CabSav and CabFrank

75
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Classico

A

Produced in original historic winegrowing area

76
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Clone

A

Vine from single mother vine for identical characteristics

77
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Cold Soak

A

8-12° C pre-fermentation maceration of juice and skins for up to 6 days to extract fruit aromas without tannins

78
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Cold Stabilized

A

Chilling wine so that tartrate crystals can be removed before bottling

79
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Consorzio

A

Voluntary association protecting and promoting DOC/Gs

80
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Cordone Speronato

A

A low training system using permanent cordon of old wood trained horizontally

81
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Coulure

A

Poor fruit set from lack of carbs usually from bad weather

82
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Cru

A

Superior site

83
Q

Diurnal

A

Daily temperature shift between day and night

84
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Downy Mildew

A

North American fungal disease that attacks plants in warm and humid climates

85
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Frizzante

A

Semi-sparkling wine

86
Q

Galls

A

Abnormal swelling or outgrowth of plant tissue

87
Q

Geneva Double Curtain

A

High Training System

88
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Glacial Moraine

A

An accumulation of rocks and sediment carried and deposited by glaciers

89
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Grape Shatter

90
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Graticci

A

Wooden racks for air drying

91
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Guyot

A

Low training system in which 1 or 2 canes are kept every year to be trained horizontally

92
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Heat stabilize

A

Removing suspended proteins (by fining) in order to enable a wine to withstand high temperatures without becoming hazy

93
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Kretzer

94
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Sulle Fecce or Maturazione sui Lieviti

A

Lees ageing

95
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Light Sulfides

A

Sulfur released when yeast scavenges nitrogen from amino acids in nitrogen-deficient musts

96
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Metamorphic Rock

A

Rocks changed over long periods of time by intense pressure and heat

97
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Millesimato

98
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Mosto Concentrato Rettificato

A

Rectified concentrated grape must

Unfermented grape juice

99
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Mousseux

100
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Muffa Noble

101
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Non Dosato

A

Sparkling without dosage

102
Q

Orange Wine

A

White wines made with red winemaking techniques

Skins maceration

103
Q

Orogenesis

A

Formation of mountains

104
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Ponca

A

Fruili name for Flysch of Commons

Alternating layers of sandstone and calcarious marl

105
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Porphyry

A

Red/Purple Igneous Rock
Embedded feldspar or quartz
A volcanic soil

106
Q

Powdery Mildew

A

N American fungal disease

107
Q

Travaso

A

Racking
Wine from solids (eg yeast)
Removing wine from vessel

108
Q

Ripasso

A

Traditional in Valpolicalla
Young wine re-fermented
Use unpressed skins and Lees
Amarone &/or Recioto are sources

109
Q

Riserva

A

Extended aging before release

Stricter production rules

110
Q

Rosato

111
Q

Rosso

112
Q

Satèn

A

Max 5 atm for
Franciacorta
Blanc do Blanc

113
Q

Scelto

A

Term used in AA for min 11.5% ABV

114
Q

Scuro

A

Dark (Dunkel)

115
Q

Stomata

A

Small pores on grape leaves

116
Q

Stuck Fermentation

A

When yeast die before full fermentation

117
Q

Sylvoz

A

High training system

118
Q

Tendone

A

High training forming a tent canopy

119
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Terre Bianche

A

White soils, compact calcareous marls

Piemonte

120
Q

Terre Rosse

A

Red Soil

Piemonte

121
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Transpiration

A

Process where plant releases water vapor though its stomata (like sweating) creating pressure to bring water from roots

122
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Vino Fiore

A

Free run wine

123
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Vermouth

A

Fortified wine flavored with herbs and spice

124
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Residual Sugar

A

Sugars remaining in the wine that yeast failed to consume

125
Q

Veraison

A

Point where grape growing stops
Fruit begins to ripen
Color changes

126
Q

Torcolato

A

Grapes bound by 2 pieces of twine
Suspended from rafters
Similar to Picai
Breganze DOC

127
Q

Comuni

A

City State

128
Q

Marchesati or marche

A

Territories ruled by marquis

129
Q

Baroleggia

A

Barbera d’Alba which develops flavor profile of Barolo earth, leather, tobacco

130
Q

La Rocche

A

Rocky cliffs In Roero hills separating SW-NW

Separates alluvial souls in west from sandy in east

131
Q

Chasselas

A

A very old grape from Lake Geneva

Used to relate early to late ripening grapes based on harvest time for Chasselas.

132
Q

Early grape ripening
1st Epoch (mid-ripen)
2nd Epoch
3rd Epoch (late ripen)

A

8-10 days before Chasselas
Same Time
12-15 days after Chasselas
20-30 days after Chasselas

133
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Potare

134
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Germogliamento

135
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Fiortura

136
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Invaiatura

137
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Allegagione

138
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Maturazione

139
Q

Vendemmia

140
Q

Vendemmiare

A

To Harvest

141
Q

Viticoltore

A

Vine Grower

142
Q

Fermentazione Malolattica

143
Q

Salasso

A

Bleeding Method

144
Q

Follatura

A

Punching down

145
Q

Rimontaggio

146
Q

Délestage

A

Rack & Return

147
Q

Fermentazione Arrestata

A

Stuck Fermentation

148
Q

Glycerol

A

Sweet alcohol adds vicosity

149
Q

Acetic Acid

A

adds rusticity in small amounts

150
Q

Ethyl Acetate

A

Hints of pears in small amounts

151
Q

Acetaldehyde

A

Sherry character

152
Q

Phenyl Ethanol

A

Notes of rose, flowers, and honey

153
Q

Hydrogen sulfide

A

Adds toast or roasted nuts

154
Q

Bentonite

A

Fining agent binds to protein

155
Q

Gelatin

A

Fining agent bonds with tannin

156
Q

Egg White

A

Fining agent bonds with tannin

157
Q

Casein

A

Fining agent binds with tannin and acid

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