Barrel Ageing

Barrel ageing is a lengthy process designed to impart flavors into the wine.

élevageAn umbrella term describing all the winery processes after alcoholic fermentation up to bottling - such as fining, filtration and barrel ageing. It literally describes the 'bringing up' of the wine. BacchusThe Roman god of wine.

If you have not dealt with either the H2S or the mercaptans, then you are in trouble big time because now the mercaptans, if the wine has undergone any oxidation (which occurs during barrel ageing), ...

barrel ageing or barrel maturation -keeping a wine in cask between fermentation and bottling so that it stabilises naturally in the presence of small amounts of air and also absorbs some flavour and possibly tannins from the wood, ...

Its versatile, fleshy fruit produces attractive red wine, which can also respond well to barrel ageing.

Elevage (French term)
French term for "growing" describing the winery processes implemented from alcoholic fermentation up to bottling, including fining, filtration and barrel ageing.

The wines start off as principally red or white - although blending of red and white varieties, and subsequent barrel ageing, may influence the wine's true colour and eventual style significantly.

Typical expressions of a the Chardonnay grown in Meursault, rounded and attractive
buttery
The impression of ripeness with a certain fleshiness, often the result of barrel fermentation or barrel ageing ...

See also: Barrel, Wine, Ageing, Grape, Fermentation