Career Opportunities Winery Hours Daily from 11a.m. Bench Bistro Hours Daily 11a.m.-8p.m. The natural crispness of a wine. Grapes have two primary acids tartic and malic. Citric, lactic and succinic acids are usually also present in small amounts in grapes.
Wine is aged in the barrel with the yeast retained, rather than being clarified before aging.
Aging on the lees increases the complexity and creaminess of the wine. The first impression of the wine in your mouth. Without attack, a wine is feeble or bland. Barrel Aging The process of holding wine in oak containers to allow flavor and aromatic compounds to mature and change beneficially. The conversion of grape juice into white wine by yeast in a 60-gallon French oak barrel.