Botrytis, Bunch Rot, Noble Rot and Wine
Ah, Botrytis, or 'Bunch Rot', that fungus which can both destroy a crop and bring it to glorious fruition.
Bunch
To construct the binder around the filler leaves.
Bundle (BND)
A term derived from the cigar wrapper.
Bunch Rot: See Botrytis.
Buttery: Describes a rich wine with a texture like that of melted butter, often referring to Chardonnay.
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Bunch: the term to describe a full cluster of grape berries; also used to describe any non-Muscadine grape, most often employed by winegrowers in the American southeast.
whole bunch pressing and fermentation - as opposed to destemming before pressing or fermenting. These two techniques, common in Champagne and Burgundy respectively, physically help drainage, the stems acting as conduits.
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Whole bunch pressing is at the heart of the winemaking process, with only the first pressing, or cuvée, used to make the various base wines destined to be called Cap Classique.
Whole-bunch fermentation
Occasionally used and the stems can assist in drainage but increased tannins from the stems can be problematic.
The tight bunches rot easily, so it does best in drier climes. The Cinsaut vine is fairly drought tolerant and has a fairly short growing season. With cluster stems that easily detatch from the vine, Cinsaut adapts well to machine harvesting.
Fruit
The bunches are of small to medium size and usually conical, winged and compact. The berries are of medium size, black, oval in shape and bear a heavy bloom. They are late ripening and generally have soft skins.
NORRIS: Is a bunchgrape hybrid resistant to Pierce's Disease for use in Florida and the lower Gulf States of the U.S.A. However latest reports indicate low resistance to fruit cracking and anthracnose so it is no longer recommended.
Cluster: A "bunch" of grapes, all clustered on a common stem extending from a cane on the grape vine.
Coarse: A wine tasting term referring to an unfinished, rough or crude wine which is difficult to drink.
clusterA single bunch of grapes. co-operativeA winery run and owned by a group of local winemakers. Quality varies - some can turn out high quality wines, others produce little of interest.
microclimate: The climatic condition experienced in the immediate vicinity of the grape bunch.
Carbonic maceration technique employed in the making of Beaujolais wines whereby CO2 generated during fermentation is used to break down the grape-bunches and release their juice. Cave French for "cellar.
Term indicating in the bunch the small branches supporting the grapes and which, at the time of a not éraflée vintage, bring a certain astringency to the wine.
RAIDE (STIFF)
It says itself of a tannic and acid wine.
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Auslese - (literally selected harvest) wines produced with very ripe grapes whose bunches have been manually selected in the vineyard before harvesting.
I had previously spent many hours among the vines, but they had always been lush with green foliage, either during the flowering, when the nascent green flowerbuds look like bunches of tiny grapes, ...
The fermenting of bunches of uncrushed grapes in an enclosed tank containing carbon dioxide, producing a light, fruity wine with little tannin. Italian Vino Novello (new wines) are made by carbonic maceration.
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It's almost harvest time, and your vines have lovely healthy bunches of ripe white grapes hanging off them.
Merlot grapes are identified by their loose bunches of large berries. The color has less of a blue/black hue than Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and with a thinner skin and fewer tannins.
Auslese is the German word for "selection," used to describe a specially selected, perfectly ripened bunches of grapes for this style of Riesling.
Several clones available that seem to vary in resistance to bunch rots. Also called the Malvoisie or Pinot Beurot in the Loire, and the former name in the Languedoc, regions of France.
Much of the south-eastern part of the country began with one of the hottest summers on record, which promised to ripen well the reduced crops of small bunches and berries left after a very heavy frost on October 28.
It actually refers to the way grapes are picked - one at a time, rather than in a bunch. The reason that's done is because all grapes in a bunch may not have ripened at the same rate.
A piece of wine making equipment used to remove the stems from the grape bunches before the grapes are pressed and fermented. The stems can leave a bitter flavor, and are rarely used in white wine.
Some people might think of a wine-tasting group as a snooty bunch of cork dorks, discussing terroir and hints of brambles. While wine snobbery is plenty good for jokes on TV, it's terrible for you, your wine and your tastings.
Cabernet Sauvignon small bunches give a strong in tannic wine with aromas of blackcurrant and green pepper. Therefore the wine is harsh when young but develops a very delicate bouquet in aging.
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Instead of crushing the grapes and releasing the juices to be fermented by yeasts, whole grape bunches are placed in a tank and the oxygen is displaced by carbon dioxide.
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Stems
The woody part of a grape bunch that is high in tannin. Stems are removed before fermentation using a stemmer.
Still wines
Any wine without effervescence.
Carbonic maceration
Carbonic maceration is a process in which whole bunches of uncrushed grapes are fermented without crushing.
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Cedar / Cedarwood
Aroma component often described in mature red wines.
Auslese
sweet German wine made from selected bunches of grapes
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Designated quality level for German wine made from grape bunches "picked out" (literally) for their sweetness.
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These differences are expressed in the thickness of stems and canes, the lushness of their canopies, and the shape of their leaves and bunches.
MILLERANDAGE: A condition resulting from poor or incomplete pollination, in which the bunches contain fewer-than-normal, scattered berries. May result in a "poor set" in such cases. Yields can be drastically reduced over normal.
Millerandage - A French term referring to a viticultural problem in which grape bunches contain berries of greatly differing size and levels of maturity. Caused by cool weather during flowering.
Scoring the wines or naming favorites will yield a group consensus on the best wines of the bunch. The results can be surprising, such as when the least expensive wine takes top honors.
Have an informal tasting either at a friends house or a BYOB restaurant where each person brings a different bottle of wine. This way you can taste a bunch of different things without spending a lot of money. And you get a great deal of wine.
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The trimming of unripe grapes to decrease crop yields, thereby improving the concentration of the remaining bunches.
Grown, Produced and Bottled
Means the winery handled each aspect of wine growing.
Tanino (tannin) Natural chemical substance in wine with an astringent, sharp action that comes from the solid parts of the grape bunch. Its presence is common (even desirable) in tinto wine.
Green Harvest: The trimming of unripe grapes to decrease crop yields, thereby improving the concentration of the remaining bunches.
Vidal Blanc
Vidal Blanc is often used in late-harvest dessert wine styles but must be watched carefully in the vineyard. If left to ripen too long into a damp, early winter, mildew and bunch rot are quite likely to develop.
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where it ripens in early October, have been mixed due its relative lack of cold-hardiness and the fruit subject to bunch rots. Recently some have claimed that many of the labeled Chilean varietal wines are actually of the Carmenère variety.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Region, Full, Style
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