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Deposit

Concerning deposits in the wine or in the bottle, see under precipitation.

Failures

Term (also deposit, flocculate, crystallise) for the precipitation of various substances in wine in the form of flakes, crystals or similar particles. These include the settling of the lees during fermentation and the sediment (mainly in red wines) or tartar during bottle ageing. The main causes are progressive ageing processes such as...
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