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Soutirage: Clarifying wine by drawing it off from its sediments. (see Racking)
Spicy: A term used to describe certain aromas and flavors that may be sharp, woody or sweet.

 


soutirage, French for racking.
stabilization, umbrella term for all the winemaking operations designed to stop wines developing a fault in bottle such as a haze, cloud or fizz, no matter what the storage conditions.

soutirage
Passage du vin d'une cuve à une autre ou d'une barrique à une autre. Dans le deuxième cas, on en profite pour décanter le vin et l'oxygéner. L'élevage en barrique comprend des soutirages rigoureusement planifiés.

Synonymous with "soutirage".
TOKAY
Name given in Alsace to the Pinot gris.
TONNEAU (BARREL)
Brilliant Invention of our ancestors the Gallic ones!!! :o)
TRANQUILLE
Quiet still wine. Opposed to effervescent wine.

Soutirage French for "racking." Sulfitage treatment of wine with sulphur dioxide, which has valuable anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant properties. Sur Lie French for "on the lees.

soutirageThe transfer of wine from one container to another leaving the lees behind.

See also: Wine, Racking, Tirage, Bottle, Smooth

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