elevage

She showed him how the wine was made, under the old-world process known as elevage, raised with as much care as a newborn.

NYT > Home Page By GREG BISHOP 2010

So they try to vinify in such a way that shortly after the 18-months elevage, which is compulsory for Bandol-AOC, the wines can be drunk without suffering from excessive tannin-astringency.

Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in France 2008

He says: Artisanal wine and winemaking, as practiced here at La Follette Wines, requires adhering to the concept of what the French call 'elevage'.

Brad Haskel: Defining Artisanal Wine: 5 Wine Pros Try Brad Haskel 2011

He says: Artisanal wine and winemaking, as practiced here at La Follette Wines, requires adhering to the concept of what the French call 'elevage'.

Brad Haskel: Defining Artisanal Wine: 5 Wine Pros Try Brad Haskel 2011

He says: Artisanal wine and winemaking, as practiced here at La Follette Wines, requires adhering to the concept of what the French call 'elevage'.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brad Haskel 2011

The wines are not destemmed; "elevage" in large oak foudres can last as long as four years; the essential blend is at least 95% Mourvedre; vines of less than 25 years of age are not used for the reds.

CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes) 2010

For example, I am a huge fan of the brilliant Cornas bottlings from Thierry Allemand, but there is not a bottle of his “Sans Suf” cuvée in my cellar, as it has never tasted as fresh and compelling to me here in New York as his Reynards of Chaillots bottlings that are made with moderate additions of sulfur dioxide during the elevage and bottling of the wines.

Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

Bon bien sur il y a des gay partout meme chez les racailles puisque c une nature et pas un comportement du a un elevage quelconque ...

pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

But there are dozens of topics about which ordinary wine enthusiasts and wine writers are curious: grape varieties and their relationships, terroir and its influence, grape physiology and how it affects the taste of wine, yeasts and their effects, extraction and tannin management techniques, the role of oxygen, aspects of elevage such as various oak types and other materials, how wine ages, different stoppers.

SFGate: Top News Stories Jancis Robinson 2010

I read that Colin-Morey uses 350 liter oak casks for elevage instead of the typical 228 liter barrels, that he leaves wine on the lees for a long time with no stirring, and doesn't filter the wine.

Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog 2009