Said of a bottle whose faulty cork spilled some wine.

 

Very robust wine, rich in ethyl alcohol.

 

Small container for the wine the tasters don't want to ingest.

 

Said of a wine that was spoiled by accidents, diseases or chemical changes.

 

Said of a wine produced with grapes whose must is white but whose skins are pigmented (such as Pinot Noir), when traces of anthocyanins in wine are less than 6mg/l.

 

Young grapevine that starts producing.

 

Group of operations (tartrate precipitation, prevention of colloidal disturbances) performed in wines before bottling, in order to avoid the formation of deposits in the bottle. Stabilisation is performed in most wines, though currently not in high quality ones, since it removes some of their qualities.

 

Horizontal placement of sparkling wine bottles inside fresh, silent ageing cellars.

 

Said of an oxidised table wine or a wine with no positive organoleptic characteristics.

 

Branch of the vine after maturation and leaf fall. Stalks form the year's wood, the one formed in the same year, unlike the wood of two years and older woods from the arms or trunk.