VINIFICATION Flashcards
WHY IS SULFUR (S02) ADDED TO WINE
KILLS UNWANTED YEAST AND BACTERIA
PROTECT WINE FROM OXIDATION
NATURAL PROCESS THAT CONVERTS TART MALIC ACID INTO SOFTER CREAMIER LACTIC ACID
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION
WHAT COMPOUND IS RELEASED IN WINE BY BACTERIA DURING MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION
DIACETYL (die ah see tahl)
GIVES WINE BUTTERY/CREAMY FLAVOR
WHAT TYPE OF ALCOHOL IS IN WINE
ETHANOL
ITALIAN TERM FOR LARGE BARREL
BOTTE
WHY IS PH ADDED TO WINE
TO MEASURE THE RIPENESS AGAINST ACIDITY. LOW PH WILL TASTE TART, HIGH PH WINES ARE SUBJECT TO BACTERIA GROWTH
WHAT GIVES WINE ITS TART AND SOUR TASTE
ACIDITY
WHAT ARE THE THREE PRIMARY ACIDS FOUND IN WINE GRAPES
TARTARIC
MALIC
CITRIC ACIDS
FRENCH TERM FOR STIRRING OF THE LEES
BATONNAGE
WHY STIR THE LEES
DONE DURING AND AFTER ML TO 1) INTEGRATE YEAST COMPOUNDS TO HELP GET THE CREAMY FLAVOR AND 2) PREVENT FORMATION OF REDUCTIVE COMPOUNDS OR OXIDATION
WHAT IS DELESTAGE
A FRENCH TERM FOR RACK-AND-RETURN PROCESS TO DEPORT SEEDS FROM WINE BY DRAINING TANK, REMOVING SEDIMENT AND REFILLING TANK
WHAT REGION COMMONLY USES CARBONIC MACERATION TECHNIQUE
BEAUJOLAIS
WHAT IS CARBONIC MACERATION
RED GRAPES SEALED IN A VESSEL FILLED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE/NO OXYGEN, BEGAN AN INTERCELLULAR FERMENTATION AND PRODUCE ALCOHOL AND OTHER COMPOUNDS THAT AFFECT FLAVOR.
-GRAPES ARE PRESSED TO RELEASE JUICES THEN GOES THROUGH NORMAL FERMENTATION RESULTING IN PALE COLORED RED WINE WITH LOW TANNIN AND HIGH FRUIT AROMAS.
HEADSPACE IN A BOTTLE AND BARREL IS CALLED
ULLAGE
FRENCH TERM FOR PERIOD BETWEEN FERMENTATION AND BOTTLING
ELEVAGE