Aging on lees: locut. Technique which consists in maturing a wine without separating it from its lees in order to increase its roundness and its aromas. The lees are this yellowish deposit found at the bottom of the vat or barrel after the fermentation phase.
- Maturing on lees of white wines: This maturing technique can take different forms: in bottle as for Champagne; in barrels as in Burgundy or in vats in the Nantes region for the Muscadet on the lees. So the winemaker ...
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