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WINE.
The expressed juice of the grape, called
mitst,
(mustum,)
is composed of the following:-
By
PROUST.
By
BERARD.
Extractive.
Odorous inatter.
Sugar.
Sugar.
Gum.
Gum.
Glutinous matter.
Glutinous matter.
Malic acid.
Ma1ic acid.
Citric acid.
Malate of lime.
Bitart.rate of potash. Supertartrate of lime.
Bitartrate of potash.
Must undergoes the vinous fermentation, as
before stated, when placed in a temperature of
between 60° and 80° Falir., this fennentation
being the metamorphosis of sugar into alcohol
and carbonic acid, and this process continues
until all the sugar is completely decomposed.
The elements of the ferment, however, take no
part in the transformation, or rather do not
enter into a chemical combination with the