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1
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What is a côte?

A

Hill

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What is microbullage?

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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
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3
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What is encépagement?

A

Grape Varieties

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What is millesimato?

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Vintage

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What are fruttai?

A

Special lofts where grapes are dried during the appassimento process

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What is the Canteiro method?

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An aging/heating method of Madeira that is cask-aged in lodge attics, using the gentle, natural warmth of the sun.

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What is Aguardente?

A

Portuguese Brandy

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What is licoroso?

A

Fortified

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9
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What is Vinho Abafado?

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Partially fermented must preserved with alcohol used to sweeten/fortify wines of Carcavelos DOP.

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10
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What is a cultivar?

A

Variety

*Term used in South Africa

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11
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What is Fermage?

A

Leasing

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12
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What is Métayage?

A

Share-cropping

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What is Délestage?

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The fermentation vessel is fully drained, then pumped back over the cap into the fermentation vessel

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What is Chauffage?

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Warming (in terms of making the barrel)

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What is Cintrage?

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Shaping (the barrel)

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What is Bousinage?

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Toasting (the barrel)

17
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What are Courtiers?

A

Brokers of wine

18
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What is Millésime?

A

Vintage

19
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What is Acanage?

A

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

20
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What is a muselet?

A

The wire cage that secures the cork, fixed in place with 6 twists

21
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Champagne: what is vin clair?

A

Base wine

*Literal translation is ‘clear wine’

22
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What is dégorgement à la glace?

A

The process of freezing the tip of the bottle in brine (-16.6ºF/-27ºC) to remove the puck of lees

23
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What is dégorgement à la volée?

A

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

24
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What is Moût Concentré et Rectifié (MCR)?

A

Product created when must is reduced to remove all non-sugar elements

*Suitable for liqueur d’Expédition

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