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Lees:
Sediment occurring during winemaking or bottle aging.

Leger:
Light-bodied.

Legs:
Streaks that run down the inside of a glass after wine has been swirled in it; as a rule, the heavier they are, the heavier-bodied the wine.

Levulose:
Principal sugar in grapes; a form of fructose.

Lias:
Deposits of sediment that accumulate in a container of new wine as solids seperate from the solution.

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Lieblich:
Delicate, gentle, light-bodied.

Liquer de Tirage:
Sweet solution composed of wine, sugar and yeast, generally added to sparkling wines after first fermentation to stimulate second fermentation; frequently described simply as tirage.

Liquoureux:
Sweet, rich, heavy-bodied - usually applied to fortified wines.


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