Wine term Flashcards

1
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Wine Terms: Chapeau

A

Cap during Fermentation

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2
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Wine Terms: Buttage

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Piling soil on base of vines to prevent frost damage

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3
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Wine Terms: Debourbage

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Settling of solids during fermentation

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4
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Wine Terms: Délestage

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Emptying tank and returning it over the cap

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5
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Wine Terms: Égrappage

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Destemming

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6
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Wine Terms: Élevage

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“Raising” a wine from post fermentation to bottling before it is ready to drink; AKA Ageing

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7
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Wine Terms: Grappe Entière

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Whole Cluster Fermentation

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8
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Wine Terms: Levurage

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Inoculation of yeasts

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9
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Wine Terms: Microbullage

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Micro oxygenation

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10
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Wine Terms: Lutte Raisonnée

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Sustainable viticulture

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11
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Wine Terms: Sans Soufre

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No Sulphur

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12
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Wine Terms: Vin de Taille

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Heavy pressed wine in Sparkling Wine

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13
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Wine Terms: Passerilage

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Shriveled grapes due to strong winds or dried after picking

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14
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Wine Terms: Soutirage

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Racking wine

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15
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Wine Terms: Bousinage

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Toasting the oak planks to prepare for flavor saturation

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16
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collage

A

fining

17
Q

coulure

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uneven set

18
Q

échantillon

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sample

19
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étiquette

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label

20
Q

grappe

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cluster

21
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fût

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barrel

22
Q

mousseux, pétillant

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sparkling, carbonated

23
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pigéage

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punchdown

24
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pupitre

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riddling rack

25
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remontage

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pumpover

26
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remuage

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riddling

27
Q

vin de cuvée

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light press wine

28
Q

Mutage

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winemaking process that involves adding alcohol to a fermenting grape mixture to stop fermentation

29
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Blocage / Deblocage

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Storing or releasing of wines in storage for future use

30
Q

Rebeche

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The third pressing required by law. 0-10% of the crop and can only be used for distillate

31
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Crayere

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Chalk cellars. Includes: Ruinart, Pommery, Joseph Perrier, Ayala, Canard-Duchene