Oak, Steel, Lees, and Skin Contact: Reading Winemaking Choices

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wine can feel mysterious until you realize how many of its flavors come from decisions made after the grapes arrive at the winery. Soil, climate, grape variety, and vintage matter deeply, but the cellar is where raw fruit becomes a specific kind of drink. The same Chardonnay can taste like lemon, green apple, and cold stone in one bottle, then like baked pear, butter, vanilla, and toast in another. The grape did not change. The handling did.

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Oak, Steel, Lees, and Skin Contact: Reading Winemaking Choices