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svinatura

English translation: racking off

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Italian term or phrase:svinatura
English translation:racking off
Entered by: Daniel Gold

16:59 Feb 9, 2014
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / production of grappa
Italian term or phrase: svinatura
I know that this term has a number of valid translations already available on ProZ; however, I'd like to know whether there's a specific translation for this step in the production of grappa. Here's the context:

La Grappa Vecchia Riserva selezionata e prodotta esclusivamente con vinaccia Trentina, ottenuta da spremitura soffice ancora grondante di vino e distillata immediatamente dopo la svinatura.

Tnx.
Daniel Gold
Israel
Local time: 06:21
racking off
Explanation:
I believe this is it:
GRAPPA CABERNET - Cantina Puianello
cantinapuianello.it/pdf/prodotti/classica/grappa_cabernet_sauvignon.pdf‎
Le componenti principali della grappa sono acqua e alcool etilico, la rimanenza ... I that the grapes ore com letely fermented and distil/ed after the racking off.
Grappa San Leonardo - Tenuta San Leonardo
www.sanleonardo.it/eng/grappa-san-leonardo.html‎Traduci questa pagina
For the Grappa Stravecchia, the skins are carefully selected and similarly ... must be completely fermented and distilled as soon as the wine has been racked off, ...
[PDF]
Grappa di Primitivo SESSANTANNI - Feudi San Marzano
www.feudisanmarzano.com/uploads/sessantanni_grappa_primitiv...‎
GRAPPA DI PRIMITIVO. Sessantanni. Vitigno Primitivo. Provenienza ... Marcs origin Derived from the racking off of “Sessantanni”. Primitivo di Manduria DOP.
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Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 05:21
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grz
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2racking off
Isabelle Johnson
4 +1devatting
Giles Watson


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
racking off


Explanation:
I believe this is it:
GRAPPA CABERNET - Cantina Puianello
cantinapuianello.it/pdf/prodotti/classica/grappa_cabernet_sauvignon.pdf‎
Le componenti principali della grappa sono acqua e alcool etilico, la rimanenza ... I that the grapes ore com letely fermented and distil/ed after the racking off.
Grappa San Leonardo - Tenuta San Leonardo
www.sanleonardo.it/eng/grappa-san-leonardo.html‎Traduci questa pagina
For the Grappa Stravecchia, the skins are carefully selected and similarly ... must be completely fermented and distilled as soon as the wine has been racked off, ...
[PDF]
Grappa di Primitivo SESSANTANNI - Feudi San Marzano
www.feudisanmarzano.com/uploads/sessantanni_grappa_primitiv...‎
GRAPPA DI PRIMITIVO. Sessantanni. Vitigno Primitivo. Provenienza ... Marcs origin Derived from the racking off of “Sessantanni”. Primitivo di Manduria DOP.

Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 05:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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grz

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agree  GGruia
15 mins
  -> Thanks! Have a good evening!
agree  Wendy Streitparth
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Wendy
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
devatting


Explanation:
"Vatting" refers to the time the juice spends fermenting and "devatting" is the operation that brings this stage of winemaking to a conclusion.

"Racking (off)" and "drawing off", which are less specific to fermentation, are often used interchangeably and would be appropriate here.

HTH


    Reference: http://www.vinopedia.tv/en/glossary/devatting/
Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 05:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 293

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olivia Bisegna: Watson's wine glossary states :devatting, first racking or drawing off the lees
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Olivia. I did know about Watson's Wine Glossary because I maintain it ;-) But you can double-check this translation in other sources, such as the Lexique de la Vigne et du Vin.
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