Posts tagged “On-Lees”

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The Art of Wine Making: Choosing to Allow a Wine to Age On-Lees

June 7, 2025

Aging wine on lees (also known as sur lie aging) is a winemaking technique that can play a role in shaping the flavor, texture, and complexity of a wine—especially whites like Chardonnay, Champagne, and Muscadet, but also increasingly in reds and eve...

What are Lees in Winemaking?

September 14, 2024

I was recently hosting a wine tasting that involved a white wine. On the back label, it stated that the wine had been “Aged on lees.” I was asked the obvious question “What are lees?” In the broadest sense, “lees” refers to all the stuff that settl...

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