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Bourgogne wines Glossary

Mass of solids (stalks, skins, pips) which forms on the surface of the wine during fermentation in vats. It has to be regularly re-mixed with the liquid either by pumping-over or by cap-punching in order to ensure extraction of colour and tannins.
Related words Cap-punching