French term for "harvest," or "picking grapes."
The stage where grapes stop their slow ripening process of cell division and begin to grow rapidly through the enlargement of each individual cell. At this time the grapes also change color on the vine towards their final fully ripened reddish-purple...
French for "vineyard." The term also implies not only the grapes but the entire microclimate found in a specific vineyard. "Climat" (used in Burgundy) is similar.
The early stages that red wines go through when they first are bottled.
A French term for young wines which have not completed their fermentation. The term actually is derived from the "blubbering" of the lips that one does when first tasting these wines due to the excessive levels of tannins, etc. found in young wines.
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