| Racking - Part of the winemaking process in which
the wine is passed from one cask to another
(one or several times) or from one container
to another. When the racking is between casks,
it serves to decant and air the wine.
Red - A wine obtained from red varieties
in which the must is not separated from
the skins before fermentation.
Retro-olfaction - Moment of the wine tasting
when the taster expels air through the
nose whilst tasting the wine. It is used
for better appreciation of certain aromas
of the wine.
Ripening - Moment in which the grape reaches
optimum level for picking at the traditional
harvest. The exact moment, like the rest
of the phases of the growth cycle, depends
on the grape variety grown.
Rootstock - The bottom of the American
vine onto which the European vine is grafted,
in order to give vitis vinifera stronger
roots.
Rosé - A wine obtained from red
grape varieties with the difference being
that the skins are separated from the must
before fermentation.
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