Lactic Acid: Lactic acid is an acid-alcohol formed by the fermentation of sugars in many microorganisms, and in the oxygen-limited cells of higher organisms.
Absent from the must, it appears during malolactic fermentation by degradation of malic acid. It is a substance with a slightly acidic taste, which explains the suppleness of wines that have undergone malolactic fermentation....
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