Chaptalization
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chaptalization-258-4501713
title:
Chaptalization
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Chaptalization is the process of adding sugar to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation. The technique is named after its developer, the French chemist Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal. This process is not intended to make the wine sweeter, but rather to provide more sugar for the yeast to ferment into alcohol. Chaptalization has generated controversy and discontent in the French wine industry due to advantages that the process is perceived to give producer
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Process in wine production
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaptalization
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2024-03-12T21:13:57Z
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