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Term used to describe all work steps or processes from fermentation to bottling. It also includes the common practice of storing the wine in the bottle for some time before marketing to give it a certain degree of maturity. The process of bottle ageing until the wine is ready to drink can take many years or even decades for top-quality products, but is no longer generally counted as ageing.

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Types of ageing

In connection with oxygen contact during fermentation and subsequent ageing in barrels or stainless steel tanks, a distinction is made between oxidative ageing (with contact) and reductive ageing (without or greatly reduced oxygen contact). The colloquial term traditional ageing means that a wine has been produced "in the old and traditional way" without the use of newer processes.

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Types of ageing

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