chaptalization

Meaning

Noun

  • the addition of sugar to grape juice in the fermentation of wine. Usually done if the grapes are thought to lack enough natural sugars for the desired alcohol content.

Origin

  • Chaptal + -ization, after Jean-Antoine Chaptal, who developed the process.

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