Early season removal of leaves from around the grape clusters which allows air circulation to dry out the clusters.
The sediment which accumulates in the bottom of a vat or barrel during the fermentation, racking and fining of a wine.
This warm and fertile carbonaceous material is an intermediate step between coal and peat. It is used as a natural fertilizer in Champagne.
A sedimentary rock made up mostly of carbonates. Due to its essential akaline nature, it encourages the productions of high acidity in grapes.
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