French word for "vine".
Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon are two French vines from the Bordeaux region imported in Piedmont in 1820 by Count Manfredo of Sambury. After World War II it grows also in the regions ofÂ…
Bottled in prevalence along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc comes from the Gironde department in France. In Italy it is grown mainly in Friuli, Veneto, Puglia and Southern–Eastern Sicily.…
Cabernet Sauvignon is certainly one of the most famous wines in the world for quality and longevity. The grape variety comes from Bordeaux and is probably the "Biturca" grape variety described byÂ…
It is the most popular red grape in Sardinia and probably comes from the Iberian Peninsula: according to many scholars, in effect, Cannonau is nothing but a clone of Spanish "Grenache".Â…
It is a term used in red wine making. The cap is the layer of solids that float on the surface of the fermenting mass.
Aluminum, plastic, lead or tin foil cap that protects the cap of the bottles to avoid drying and to prevent air from penetrating into the bottle.
Caramel is sugar made melt to become yellow–brown. A caramelized wine has a clear aroma of caramel. Madeira, which is heated for several months to allow sugars to caramelize, is the classic…
Another widespread technique of vinification is carbonic maceration. This consists in putting not destemmed entire bunches of grapes, for a varying time from some hours to several days, in aÂ…
It is the red grape of Spanish origin most widely grown in France. Probably, the Phoenicians were those who introduced this vine in Sardinia where, today, it is grown mainly in the area of Sulcis.Â…
A wine case contains 12 bottles (not 24) and in the US it is the unit of measurement of the total production of wineries. A winery of medium proportions produces, for example, about 150 thousandÂ…
See "bin number"
See "bin number"
The noun "cava", introduced only in 1972, comes from Catalan and means "cellar". It is the official name of the natural sparkling wine produced, with the champenoise traditional method, in northernÂ…
It comes from French and means a cellar intended for the storing of wine. More generally it can mean a warehouse for the sale of wine or a large cellar used for the production of wine. (Veronelli)
A wine is "cedary" if its aromas and flavours are reminiscent of the fragrance (characteristic and aromatic) of the cedar tree. The adjective is often combined with Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux.Â…
"Cellared by" is a term the American wineries have long abused. It means that the winery has bought the wine (not specified from where) and held for a certain period of time (not specified) theÂ…
The centrifuge is a rotating apparatus which allows to separate the substances in suspension in a liquid (wines, musts) through a centrifugal effect. In effect, rolling at high speed it allows toÂ…
Champagne is a French sparkling wine, grown in the Champagne region, known throughout the world and that has always been associated with the concepts of luxury and celebration. Champagne is one ofÂ…
From the seventeenth century is the traditional method to make Champagne. Its invention is attributed to the monk Dom Perignon, effectively considered by many people the inventor of Champagne. InÂ…
Character is a term of oenology indicating a wine with personality and typicality. A Gewürztraminer, for example, has a very special character. No other wine smells or tastes so spicy,Â…
A wine is characteristic when it is recognized for its typical characteristics; it is also said that a wine is distinctive if its smell is able to denounce clearly the aroma of the grape or grapesÂ…
It is the Californian name of a today extinct French variety known under the name of Charbonneau, a synonym of Douce Noire (the Italian Dolcetto). Charbono gives very dark wines characterized by aÂ…
It deals with awhitefruit species of vine from Burgundy and well known throughout France, where grapes are used for the production of the famous Champagne. From France also spread in the ValleÂ…
The Charmat is a method, called also of large vessels, which is used to obtain sparkling wines characterized by fruity and sweet aromas. Then, it is a method of industry sparkling wine making thatÂ…
From the French: castle, stately home. "Château" can be quoted on the label of a wine only under very strict conditions laid down by a French decree of 1949 (Veronelli). The equivalent Italian wordÂ…
Chenin Blanc is a white grape variety, native of Anjou in France. It is thought that Chenin Blanc was obtained, in the IX century, by Chenin Noir. From Chenin Blanc fresh, medium–bodied,…
It is a phrase used to describe a wine that has an aroma of cedar wood. The term can also be used for a wine that has a fragrance reminiscent of tobacco of cigar. This descriptor is often used forÂ…
It is a red grape variety, known for its high adaptability and productivity, cultivated in the South of France and in the former French colonies of Morocco and Algeria and in South Africa. IdealÂ…
Claret is the noun with which the wines produced in Bordeaux are known in England. In France actually Claret indicates a lighter Bordeaux red wine.
It is a process sometimes of sedimentation, sometimes of filtering or centrifugation, to which wine is subjected. The sedimentation is implemented through the addition of particular substancesÂ…
the term includes nine varieties considered classic for their high quality and their ability to be grown in many different geographic and climatic conditions – The classic whites are Chardonnay,…
The classification of wines may be made or according to the grape or vine varieties used for the production, or according to the production area. The most famous and cultivated vines in the worldÂ…
A clean wine is a wine without contradictions, of easy and clear viewing (Veronelli).
A wine is clear when it is free of suspended particles; clarity then refers to the level of cleanliness of a wine. The clarity can be determined objectively through empirical measurements performedÂ…
In biology, they define clone a population of individuals from the same stock (Veronelli). In viticulture growers reproduce asexually the vines that show the best genetic qualities, by takingÂ…
A French word designating a "vineyard surrounded by walls". The term is commonly incorporated in the names of many vineyards in France, as well as in some wineries of the United States. EspeciallyÂ…
A wine is called "closed" if it fails to express its potential, sometimes because it is too young and not yet developed. If, for example, sipping a Cabernet Sauvingnon we realize that we do notÂ…
It is a way to clarify the wine by removing the unwanted tartrate crystals. The cold stabilization consists in cooling the wine until the freezing point, causing the precipitation of tartrates. ItÂ…
Some wineries show in their tasting rooms a range of their vintages to show guests how their wines have evolved and matured year after year. Usually collection wines are sold only at the wineryÂ…
Colombart is a white grape variety traditionally grown to obtain an acidic and thin wine to distillate producing Cognac and Armagnac. It is one of the most widely planted grape in California asÂ…
A wine is defined as complex when it is multidimensional, or that shows a range of aromas and tastes that have achieved the balance between them.
"Concentrate" is a positive adjective wine, synonymous with "dense" for wines that have high concentration of aromas and flavours. A quality Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, should have aÂ…
It is an unpleasant feeling of a wine, due to a cork of poor quality or defective (Veronelli). A wine with a taste of cork transmits dry, moldy and bad smell and flavour.
See Varietal Character
Champagne is not the only French region where sparkling wine is produced. To avoid confusion, many other French sparkling wine producers, who use the traditional champenoise method, label theirÂ…
"Cru" is a French term meaning "grown up". It refers to all that is grown in a specific vineyard or sometimes more generally in a specific geographical location. The term is now used to classifyÂ…
French word derived from the Latin gloomy, a cup that identifies the content of a vat or tank of wine. However it is much more commonly used to indicate a particular combination or mixture of wineÂ…
It is one of the most common terms (along with tête de cuvée) to indicate the product of highest quality vintage of a producer of Champagne. For example, the Cristal of Louis Roederer or La GrandÂ…
