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French to English Wine / Oenology / Viticulture Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
lactone		lactone
laisse percevoir		reveals
laisser au terroir une plus large expression		allowing a greater expression of the terroir	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
latte		thin wooden strips/slats	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
l’ambiance fruits exotiques enrobe les notes minérales		tropical fruit overtones to mineral notes	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
l’animation oenologique		wine-related events
l’approche gustative		flavour profile	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
l’oxydation ménagée		controlled oxidation
L’une des plus belles signatures méridionales		one of southern France's most distinctive soil combinations	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
le bourru		newly pressed wine/vin bourru
le cas que Paris faisait des vins d'Ay puisque Châlons en offrait		We can see how highly prized the wines of Ay were in Paris from the fact that Châlons presented...	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
le Chardonnay s'exprime bien		the flavours or aromas of Chardonnay are easily identifiable	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
le cis-B-méthyl-y-octalactone		cis b-methyl-g-octolactone	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
le cordon ou collerette présente une bonne tenue		the bubble ring holds well (or long)	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
le domaine familial des Aspras		domaine/estate
le jus de fruits à pépins en cours de fermentation		partially fermented fruit pomace or fruit pomace during fermentation.
le jus de raisin en cours de fermentation		partially fermented grape juice
le méthyl-5-furfural		5-Methyl furfural
Le meilleur terroir ne diffère en rien du mauvais s'il n'est cultivé.		The best terroir is no different from a bad one, if improperly cultivated.
le moût de raisin en cours de fermentation		partially-fermented grape must [hyphen preferred for UK English usage]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
le peu de durée		lack of longevity/limited longevity	Michele Fauble
Entered by: Michele Fauble
le pourtour du verre		the outside of the glass
le process de conditionnement		the packaging process
le propyl-4-gaïacol		4-propyl guaiacol
le tout sur une belle structure et un juste dosage		all with a fine structure and well-balanced dosage
le verre à la main		glass in hand	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
les cépages de 1ère époque		PERIOD I (II III...) varieties	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
Les sens en éveil retrouvez dans le vin ce concentré de nature : les arômes de fruits, de garrigue, l'exubérance du soleil.		Let your senses awaken to the essence of nature: the fruity aromas, the surrounding landscape, the exuberance of the sun.
lettres de noblesse		letters of claim or nobility
levurage		yeasting
librement		continuously variable
lissée à 2 km		averaged out over a distance of 2 km
lorsque la fête l'est elle-même		...and is de rigueur for every official celebration	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
lutte raisonnée		integrated (pest) management/control
lyre		lyre shape(d)
macération pelliculaire		pellicular maceration
macération/fractionnement		maceration/fractionation
machine à faire des quarts		quarter-bottle filling machine
Machine à habiller		Labelling and capsuling machine	Kimberly De Haan
Entered by: Kimberly De Haan
Magnum Sérigraphié		silkscreen printed magnum

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