Chaptalizev.
/ˈtʃaptəlʌɪz/ transitive. To correct or improve the must, in wine-making, by neutralizing an excess of acid and adding sugar.
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1891 Cycl. Temp. & Prohib. (U.S.) 647/1 Chaptalization.., by which an excess of acidity is neutralized by adding marble dust, and the quantity and alcoholic strength is increased by means of cane or starch sugar.
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ˌChaptaliˈzation n. this method or process.
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1895 S. P. Sadtler Handbk. Industr. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) 204 Chaptalization consists in neutralizing the excess of acidity in the must by the addition of marble-dust.
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