SIMURG

clarification

Lemma: clarification
Etichetta di dominio: EN
Etichetta grammaticale: n.
Definizione: Wine-making operation which removes suspended and insoluble material from grape juice, or new wine, in which these solids are know as lees. 1
Nota: Some wines deposit their suspended material (yeats cells, particles of skins, etc.) very quickly, and the supernatant wine remains nearly brilliant. This is particularly true when 50-gallon wooden barrels, which have greater surface-to-volume ratio than larger containers, are employed. The rough interior of wooden cooperage facilitates deposition of suspended material. Other wines, particularly in warm regions or when large tanks are used, may remain somewhat cloudy for long periods. Removal of the suspended material during aging is called clarification. The major procedures involved are fining, filtration, centrifugation, refrigeration, ion exchange, and heating. 2
Contesto: Clarification can be achieved by holding in a settling tank, filtering or centrifuging. 3

Trascrizione fonetica: [ˌklær.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən] 4
Sinonimi e Antonimi: ND
Abbreviazioni: ND
Etimologia: 1610s, from Fr. clarification, from L.L. clarificationem (nom. clarificatio), noun of action from clarificare (see clarify). The meaning "statement in a publication revising or expanding an earlier published statement in it but stopping short of a correction" is attested by 1969. 5
Etichetta di paese: EN
Ente: Università di Genova - Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Corso di Laurea in Teorie e Tecniche della Mediazione Interlinguistica
Data della scheda: Mon Feb 28 22:11:54 2011
Autore: Livia Carlini rev. Gerbaudo

Fonti

1 : Robinson J., The Oxford Companion to WINE, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994, p. 733, 242.

3 : Johnson H., Halliday J., The Vintner’s Art, How Great Wines Are Made, New York, Simon & Shuster, 1992, p. 105.