Elevage
Elevage is a French term that is a sort of vague one, meaning the "breeding" or "noble traits" of a wine, sort of like you would talk about a fine racehorse or a blue-blooded princess.
Elevage (French term)
French term for "growing" describing the winery processes implemented from alcoholic fermentation up to bottling, including fining, filtration and barrel ageing.
Elevage sur lies :
Conservation of a wine without removing the sediments during the ageing process
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Elevage: (French) All stages of wine production that occur between fermentation and bottling.
ELEVAGE
Term used in France that refers to what a winemaker may do to his/her wines in the process between fermentation and bottling.
EMPTY
Flavourless and uninteresting.
cuvier d'elevage
Partie de la bodega où se trouvent les barriques et les casiers et où l'on conserve les vins d'élevage.
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gov/ Batonnage the process of stirring the wine during elevage to return the lees to suspension which prolongs the activity of the yeast cells of which they are composed. This is done only to white wines to improve the taste and body.
For many years now the wines, rich and usually oaky thanks to a policy of 100% new wood for elevage, have had a fervent following.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Bottle, Region, Vineyard
  
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