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Elements of wine: Acidity
Wine has five components that determine taste and quality: alcohol, acid, tannin, sweetness/dryness, and fruitiness. This is the second part of a five-part podcast/post series, and the subject is acidity.
Acid is the element most dependent upon climate, the grape, and the vineyard and its management.
As grapes ripen, sugar goes up while acidity goes down. The challenge for the vineyard manager is to harvest when the balance between acid and sugar is just right
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