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## An Illustrated Wine Glossary II

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The sum of a wine’s aromas, fragrance, smell, odors or scents; how a wine smells as a whole after it has been bottled and aged.

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The progression of a wine from fermentation to bottling; the élevage (equivalent to “raising” in English) is comparable to a wine's coming of age. 

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The process of letting a wine open up via the introduction of air to release its aromas, which become more pronounced as time passes.

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Wine tears that stream down the side of the glass after drinking or swirling it.

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A marked degree of acidity or tannins. An acid grip in the finish should be more like a zestful tang and is tolerable only in a rich full-bodied wine.

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The interaction of soil, climate, topography and grape variety in a specific site that gives a wine its unique flavor and aroma.

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/muːs/

The frothy head that forms after a sparkling wine has been poured out of the bottle.

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/klo/

French term for a vineyard whose boundaries are delineated by a walled enclosure or grapevines on the site of an ancient walled vineyard.

*Illustrations* Steven Millington