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Italian
the unfermented juice of grapes extracted by crushing or pressing; the grape juice in the cask or vat before it is converted into wine
must
mosto
morbido
it is said of a wine that has little or no acidity and tannin (potentially a problem for balance)
soft
millesimato
metodo classico
maturo
reday to drink
metodo classico or tradizionale
Terms for sparkling wine made by the bottle fermentation method, replacing the terms champenois or champenoise, which can no longer be used in Italy
vintage dated sparkling wine
metodo classico
mature
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