Chaptalisation (addition of sugar) :
This is a way of enriching the must with sugar, with the aim of obtaining a higher degree of alcohol in the wine. This process obtains its name from the French Chemist Chaptal.
Chaptalisation (France)
The process of adding sugar to the fermenting vat, which is converted to ethyl alcohol by the yeast. The intent is to increase the final alcohol content.
Chaptalisation French term for the addition of sugar to grape must to raise the alcohol of a wine. Not permitted in South Africa.
Chaptalisation: Addition of sugar to increase the alcohol content of wine.
Character: The combination of a wine's features ...
Chaptalisation: The winemaking act of adding sugar to the juice either prior to or during fermentation. It is done to increase the alcohol level of the finished wine when grapes are deficient in natural sugar.
Chaptalisation: The addition of sugar to the must to increase the final alcohol content of the wine.
Character: The combination of a wine's features that make it distinguishable. A term of praise.
What is chaptalisation?
Simply put, it is adding sugar to the grape juice to increase the potential alcohol of the wine.
CHAPTALISATION (CHAPTALIZATION)
Addition of sugar in the vintage, controlled by the law, in order to obtain a good balance of the wine by increase in the high content in alcohol when this one is too weak.
CHARDONNAY ...
The fact that chaptalisation was requested (see my earlier article) by practically all Italian wine regions and subsequently granted by Rome in the very hot 2011 vintage seems to imply that, rather than putting prices up by an estimated 20%, ...
 See also: Wine, Region, Bottle, Vintage, Grape
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