Wine term Flashcards
Wine Terms: Chapeau
Cap during Fermentation
Wine Terms: Buttage
Piling soil on base of vines to prevent frost damage
Wine Terms: Debourbage
Settling of solids during fermentation
Wine Terms: Délestage
Emptying tank and returning it over the cap
Wine Terms: Égrappage
Destemming
Wine Terms: Élevage
“Raising” a wine from post fermentation to bottling before it is ready to drink; AKA Ageing
Wine Terms: Grappe Entière
Whole Cluster Fermentation
Wine Terms: Levurage
Inoculation of yeasts
Wine Terms: Microbullage
Micro oxygenation
Wine Terms: Lutte Raisonnée
Sustainable viticulture
Wine Terms: Sans Soufre
No Sulphur
Wine Terms: Vin de Taille
Heavy pressed wine in Sparkling Wine
Wine Terms: Passerilage
Shriveled grapes due to strong winds or dried after picking
Wine Terms: Soutirage
Racking wine
Wine Terms: Bousinage
Toasting the oak planks to prepare for flavor saturation
collage
fining
coulure
uneven set
échantillon
sample
étiquette
label
grappe
cluster
fût
barrel
mousseux, pétillant
sparkling, carbonated
pigéage
punchdown
pupitre
riddling rack
remontage
pumpover
remuage
riddling
vin de cuvée
light press wine
Mutage
winemaking process that involves adding alcohol to a fermenting grape mixture to stop fermentation
Blocage / Deblocage
Storing or releasing of wines in storage for future use
Rebeche
The third pressing required by law. 0-10% of the crop and can only be used for distillate
Crayere
Chalk cellars. Includes: Ruinart, Pommery, Joseph Perrier, Ayala, Canard-Duchene
