The wine question of the day
To which group do the types of acid contained in wine - tartaric acid, malic acid and lactic acid - belong?
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Correct answer is: non-volatile acids
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non-volatile acids
Term for all acids which, in contrast to volatile acids, remain in the wine after distillation (evaporation). However, the boundary cannot be drawn exactly, as there are also "medium volatile acids". The three most important non-volatile acids are tartaric acid, malic acid and citric acid, which account for around two thirds.
Lactic acid (already medium volatile), galacturonic acid, gluconic acid, glucuronic acid, glycolic acid, oxalic acid and mucilaginous acid...
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