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Cellar
Fining
A treatment that binds cloudy matter and clarifies the wine — with bentonite, gelatine or plant-based agents.
In law, fining is a permitted oenological practice with regulated agents and maximum quantities. Agent, quantity and date have to be recorded.
With some agents a labelling duty for allergens comes on top. What was added in the cellar therefore decides the text on the back label — and that belongs in the same record, not in a second list.
Related terms
Cellar book
The record of every movement and every treatment in the cellar that wine law requires.
Oenological practice
Any permitted intervention on the wine that has to be recorded — from deacidification to…
Mandatory label information
What has to appear on a wine bottle — from the origin and the alcohol content to ingredients…
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