The term can have several meanings in viticulture:
See under ageing, barrel, barrique age ing, stainless steel and barrel ageing, and lists of related keywords under barrel and winemaking.
See under ageing, bottle ageing and drinking maturity.
See under Wine cellar, Wine climate cabinet and Wine temperature.
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