The solids which precipitate out of a wine in the bottle. Wines which have not been fined and older wines tend throw sediments. It is suggested that a wine which displays significant sediment be decanted prior to drinking.
The separation of grapes from their stems many times done prior to primary fermentation to reduce the tannic levels of a wine.
A sugars that is a by-product of the interaction between starch and malt.
The driest category of German wines having less than 4 grams/litre residual sugar.
A well drained soil on uplands formed from weathered material of sandstone and shale. Slow permeability. Rooting depth is 40 - 80 inches.
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