SIMURG
autolysis
EN
n.
Breakdown of dead yeast cells in a wine, giving a rich flavor, structure and body to wines like champagne, and those made from chardonnay or sauvignon blanc. 1
Autolysis may be defined by a loss of dry matter, a decrease in the percentage of protein and nucleic acids in this dry matter, and by an intracellular proteolytic activity. The yeast strain and its preparation influence autolysis in wine [...]. 2 During the bottle ageing process the yeast cells autolyse, releasing increasingly complex flavour compounds. The longer a wine rests on the lees of the second fermentation in bottle, the more chance it has of picking up flavour from the dead yeast cells, a process known as yeast autolysis. [...] 3
Hydrogen sulfide produced as a result of autolysis will destroy a wine. 4
[ɔ: tɒlǝsis] 5
Compound word: AUTO- + -LYSIS
Auto= from Greek: self + Lysis= from Greek: loosening, dissolving, dissolution 6
Università degli Studi di Genova, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
Alketa Llani rev. Gerbaudo
1 : «http://www.mastermason.com/3RdNorthern/Navs/My%20wine%20making%20glossary%20by%20David%20Warner%20%28sorted%29.htm», (04/12/2009)
2 : «http://www.ajevonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/1/21», (04/12/2009)
3 : «http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=3031», (04/12/2009)
4 : «http://www.fortmyerssanibelssl.com/grapeescape/details.htm», (04/12/2009)
5 : Ragazzini G., Il Ragazzini 2009, Dizionario inglese- italiano italiano- inglese, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2008, p. 199.
6 : «http://www.wordsources.info/cgi/ice2-for.cgi?KEYWORDS=derived», (04/12/2009)