Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Maceration

Maceration

During fermentation, the steeping of the grape skins and solids in the wine, where alcohol acts as a solvent to extract color, tannin and aroma from the skins.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Improve it
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Beverages
  • Category: Wine
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Festivals Category: Christmas

Candle

A light source typified by a wick embedded in solid fuel, usually wax or fat, and used in Christianity to symbolise the Light of Jesus Christ.

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Street Workout

Category: Sports   1 18 Terms

Superpowers

Category: Entertainment   1 20 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS