Term for the degree of ripeness of the grapes (also aromatic ripeness or, in the case of red wine grapes, phenolic ripeness) at which the aromas or bouquet of the later wine are best brought out. This state is also called physiological r ipeness. See also under Maturation, Ripening and Vegetative cycle.
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