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  • curprev 01:1401:14, 28 December 2025 Winosaur talk contribs 3,506 bytes +3,506 Created page with "'''Rack-and-return''' (commonly referred to by its French name *délestage*) is a cap management technique used during red wine fermentation in which fermenting juice is completely drained from the tank and then returned over the grape skins. The method combines extraction, oxygenation and cap disruption, and is typically applied to build colour and structure in red wines.<ref>Robinson (ed.), ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'', Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-01987..."
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