chaptalization

[ shap-tuh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

noun
  1. a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.

Origin of chaptalization

1
First recorded in 1890–95; chaptalize + -ation

Words Nearby chaptalization

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