Glossary of our site

• Cabernet-Franc

• Cabernet-Sauvignon

• Cépage (Grape variety)

• Chai (Cellar)

• Chair (Flesh)

This term is used for all the mellow substances of a wine (alcohol, glycerine, sugar) and more particularly of red wines, when this group of substances is slightly dominant and enhanced by a lingering sensation of hardness.

• Charnu (Fleshy)

• Charpenté (Full-bodied)

• Château (Château)

• Composés phénoliques (Phenolic components)

• Corps (Body)

• Corsé (Full-bodied)

• Coulant (Smooth)

• Couleuse (Leaky)

• Coulure (Shatter)

• Cryptogamique (Cryptogamic)

• Cuve (Tank)

• Cuve bois (Wood tank)

• Cuve ciment (Cement tank)

• Cuve inox (Stainless steel tank)

• Cycle végétatif (Vegetative cycle)

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