Terms Flashcards
What is a côte?
Hill
What is microbullage?
The release of a small, steady stream of oxygen into barrels to soften very tannic wines and make them much more approachable
- Also known as micro-oxygenation, microx or mox
- Officially authorized by the EU in 1996
- Patrick Ducournau, a winemaker in Madiran, pioneered this technique
What is encépagement?
Grape Varieties
What is millesimato?
Vintage
What are fruttai?
Special lofts where grapes are dried during the appassimento process
What is the Canteiro method?
An aging/heating method of Madeira that is cask-aged in lodge attics, using the gentle, natural warmth of the sun.
What is Aguardente?
Portuguese Brandy
What is licoroso?
Fortified
What is Vinho Abafado?
Partially fermented must preserved with alcohol used to sweeten/fortify wines of Carcavelos DOP.
What is a cultivar?
Variety
*Term used in South Africa
What is Fermage?
Leasing
What is Métayage?
Share-cropping
What is Délestage?
The fermentation vessel is fully drained, then pumped back over the cap into the fermentation vessel
What is Chauffage?
Warming (in terms of making the barrel)
What is Cintrage?
Shaping (the barrel)
What is Bousinage?
Toasting (the barrel)
What are Courtiers?
Brokers of wine
What is Millésime?
Vintage
What is Acanage?
Tying the vines to the stakes to keep it straight in order to guide the two arms of the vine in the direction of the row as they grow
*This is done in the winter
What is a muselet?
The wire cage that secures the cork, fixed in place with 6 twists
Champagne: what is vin clair?
Base wine
*Literal translation is ‘clear wine’
What is dégorgement à la glace?
The process of freezing the tip of the bottle in brine (-16.6ºF/-27ºC) to remove the puck of lees
What is dégorgement à la volée?
The process of disgorging by hand, a very technical skill, mandatory for bottled stoppered with cork or when preparing for commercial release of large format bottles
What is Moût Concentré et Rectifié (MCR)?
Product created when must is reduced to remove all non-sugar elements
*Suitable for liqueur d’Expédition
