Deposit :
In white wines, this is generally a trace of colourless tartaric acid which has no taste and is in no way dangerous.
Deposit: Deposit is the residue of a wine that forms in the bottle (see crust).
Dumb: A wine with very little or no nose, common in youthful well made wines.
Deposit: The sediment of solid particles found in wine. In the case of white wines, these are often fragments of colorless crystals of tartrate. In red wines they are usually a combination of tannins and pigments.
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Lees: Deposits in cask or bottle, notably the residue in champagne bottles, from dead yeast cells after the secondary fermentation has been completed.' Lying on lees' is the process that helps give bottle-fermented champagne its yeasty flavour.
Some wines deposit their suspended material (yeast cells, particles of skins, etc.) very quickly, and the supernatant wine remains nearly brilliant.
Removal of the deposit (yeast sediment or lees) from "bottle-fermented" sparkling wines prior to sealing the bottle with a cork.
distillation...
Application of heat to a liquid (or to a solid) to produce vapor, which is then condensed and collected.
Lees refers to deposits of dead yeast or residual yeast and other particles that precipitate, or are carried by the action of "fining", to the bottom of a vat of wine after fermentation and aging.
Sediment: Fine deposits which may develop in some aged wines. May require that the wine be decanted before drinking.
Separation: Involves emptying the cask to separate the wine from the remains of the grapes.
alluviumClay, silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down. almacenistaThe owner of a small family-run solera in the Jerez region of Spain who sells his Sherry to the larger bodegas.
In the making of champagne and other sparkling wines, an operation for shifting the deposit or sediment onto the cork of the bottle.
Lees solid deposits found in wine after vinification and consisting mainly of dead yeast cells. Liqueur d'expédition sugar-based liquid used to top up sparkling wines after disgorging.
While deposits of bentonite are found in various parts of the world, there are a few deposits including the one from which the clay is named, Fort Benton in Montana, that are most suitable for wine stabilisation.
To transvase a wine of its bottle in a carafe, to allow him to rebalance or give up its deposit.
DÉCLASSEMENT (DOWNGRADING)
Suppression of the right to the label of AOC of a wine; this one is then marketed like "vin de table" (wine of table).
Sign a written contract and pay the deposit.
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(With unfiltered wines - particularly, in my experience, wines from theRhõne - pigment deposits may stick to the bottle's sides, forming a voile. Thiswill remain, and is nothing to be concerned about.) ...
Since those times Apulia become an important "deposit" of wine, a land which will made of wine, and of olive oil, two products strongly associated to its tradition and culture.
It is, of course, rich in chalk, a type of limestone derived from the deposition of tiny life-forms on the bed of the sea that once covered this region, many millennia ago.
Red wines that have aged for a period of time may develop a deposit of sediment in the bottle, which is normal, and if not properly decanted, may show up in the glass as haze or particles.
First off, decanting an older wine is really meant to help with the tannin deposits in the bottle.
CREAM OF TARTAR: (See Argols) Have you ever noticed a white crystalline deposit at the bottom of a bottle of wine?
The initial gunk that is deposited is quite crude and is called the gross lees. The wine is usually racked off this into a fresh container, in which it will deposit what are known as fine lees.
In the Montalcino region, where there is a high proportion of limestone-based alberese soils alternating with deposits of galestro.
During fermentation and maturation wines deposit a heavy, coarse insoluble sediment, which collects at the bottom of the tanks or casks the wines are fermented/matured in. This Lees is left behind when the wine is racked.
If this procedure is used, do it well before bottling, at least three months, or a chalk haze or crystalline deposit could occur in the bottle. I prefer to use calcium carbonate before filtering.
Sediment: Solid matter deposited in a bottle during the course of the maturation process.
Heces (sediment) Solid particles deposited on the bottom of the receptacle containing wine due to decantation, or once fermentation is completed. In wine tasting, advanced organic material that gives off very disagreeable, putrid odours.
Filtering: Elimination of the deposits formed in a sparkling wine during its second fermentation in the bottle.
Fleshy: Used to describe full, oily, rich wines of substance which produce a sensation of thick body on the palate.
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Lees
This refers to deposits of dead yeast and other matter that are left on the bottom of a wine tank or barrel after fermentation and ageing. Some winemakers stir this lees material to give added complexity to their wines.
Sediment A harmless deposit that forms at the base of a wine bottle when compounds such as acids, anthocyanins, tannins and proteins precipitate. It is most commonly seen in aged wines.
Alluvial: Soil that contains clay, silt, sand or gravel deposited by running water is said to be alluvial. Grapes grown in mostly sandy and stony alluvial soil produce wines with more concentrated fruit flavors.
Sur Lie: Literally, 'on the lees'. Refers to the aging of wines on the deposits that form after fermentation-a process that imparts additional flavor.', '', 250)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"Sur Lie ...
Sur lie
A French term meaning, literally, "on the lees." Generally refers to the aging of wines on the deposit of dead yeast that forms after primary fermentation. Sur lie aging imparts a toasty quality and enhances complexity.
The bubbles are in the bottle, but so is the sediment which the fermentation has deposited. To remove it, the bottle is placed in a riddling rack, with the neck slightly downward.
volcanic deposits. Reported to have bad fruit-set characteristics due to pollination problems. Low productivity, highly flavored berries yield a good dry, spicy varietal white wine often drunk young. No other details as yet.
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