Crushing and destemming the grapes
The grapes just arriving in the cellar are crushed and destemmed to release their juice and pulp.
The must obtained that way is put in a tank to go trough the process of fermentation.
Crushing and Destemming Phase of Winemaking
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Maderized: Stemming from the word Madeira, this term means oxidization in a hot environment.
Magnum: Champagne or wine bottle with 1.5-liter capacity (equal to two standard 750ml bottles).
Destemming separating the stems from the grapes before vinification. ^ back to top
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Élevage handling and care of wines during the period between vinification and bottling. Encuvage (or entonnage) French for "vatting.
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De-stemming
The process in which stems are separated from the grapes, often by using a de-stemming machine soon after the grapes are picked. De-stemming aids in reducing tannins and vegetal flavours in wine.
(The skins impart a red wine’s color and tannin.) After crushing and destemming, the must - juice, skins and seeds - is inoculated with a cultured yeast and fermentation ensues, ...
After the grapes are picked in the vineyard, they're rushed to the winery for de-stemming and crushing.
St. Clement actually hand sorts grapes at this stage. Something most wineries don't have the luxury of doing.
In brief, in general: cultivation of the vines; harvesting the grapes; destemming; light crushing; pressing of the grapes; ...
Destemming the fruit reduces stalk-derived characteristics, and how the wine is worked in the vat can have a marked effect; a long maceration increases extraction of colour and tannins from the grape solids.
Direct-To-Press: Pressing grapes as whole clusters rather than destemming first.
Considered a minor fault stemming sometimes from the onset of a brief secondary malolactic fermentation in the bottle. Consists of pinpoint carbonation typically released when the bottle cork is pulled.
stalking, destalking, stemming, de-stemming
Action of separating the grapes from the stalks or stems.
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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.
Egrappage (French term)
The French term for destemming.
Elegant
Tasting term referring to the balance and grace in the wine.
Must: Unfermented grape juice produced by de-stemming, crushing or pressing.', '', 250)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"Must ...
Crush: The process of crushing and destemming wine grapes just prior to fermentation. "The crush" refers to the autumn season when grapes ripen and are harvested and fermented.
Breed: according to Michael Broadbent, English wine authority, breed is "a distinctive and distinguished quality stemming from the combination of fine site soil, cépage (grape type), and the skill of the vignernon (winemaker)'.
There is a unique body of English ritual and etiquette surrounding the consumption of Port, stemming from British naval custom.
The bins are then put on the truck and shipped out to the winery for sorting, de-stemming and crushing. Remember, time is of the essence! ...
The process of pressing intact clusters of grapes without destemming or crushing the fruit first
Wine
The fermented juice of grapes
Yeast
Unicellular fungi capable of fermenting sugars.
 See also: Grape, Fermentation, Wine, Must, Fruit
  
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