chaptalization
/ˌtʃaptəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
/(also chaptalisation)
noun [mass noun]
(In winemaking) the correction or improvement of must by the addition of calcium carbonate to neutralize acid, or of sugar to increase alcoholic strength.Not so many years ago the debate focused on chaptalization and acidification....
- In France, for example, winemakers for centuries have used a process known as chaptalization, which is the addition of fermentable materials - including cane sugar!
- The purists mock the practice of chapitalization and refer to it as cheating.
Derivatives
chaptalize
- In more challenging years, such as 1997 and 1992, he chaptalized a bigger portion of the harvest.
- All are chaptalised with glucose, and bottom fermented.
- Even though the sugars were low, I did not see the need to chaptalize the whites as I felt a low alcohol was appropriate to the vintage and wine style.
Origin
Late 19th century: from the name of Jean A. Chaptal (1756–1832), the French chemist who invented the process, + -ization (see -ize).
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