• Macération (Maceration)

This stage lasts from a few hours to a few weeks and gives the wine its color and tannin. It occurs when the must and the solid parts of the grape make contact.

• Macération pelliculaire (Skin maceration)

• Malolactique (Malolactic)

• Matching food and wine

• Maturité du raisin (Grape maturity)

• Merlot

• Millésime (Year)

• Minéral (Mineral)

• Moelleux (Sweet)

• Moût (Must)

• Muscadelle