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Ranges from a few hours for rosé to several months for orange wine. The single biggest lever on colour, tannin and texture.

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Maceration Orange wine

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Fermentation Malolactic conversion Diacetyl Must Maceration Carbonic maceration Whole-bunch fermentation Destemming

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