Skin Contact
Process maceration extraction phenolics orange wine amber wine
Definition
Period during which grape skins remain in contact with juice/wine, extracting tannins, color compounds, and aromatics.
Historical Context
Skin contact winemaking predates the modern practice of immediately separating juice from skins in white wine production, which only became common with industrialization.
Further Reading
Amber Revolution: How the World Learned to Love Orange Wine
By Simon J. Woolf (2018)
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