Meanings
nounascescence (uncountable)
- uncountablebeveragesA sharp sweetish and sourish quality of wine, arising from the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate.
[…] he affirmed that the gypsum prevented the ascescence of the wine made from the Bourre and the Aramon.
1868, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, page 2701 more example
As the ascescence of wine is by far the most common, one might almost say it is the most natural disease of wine; for the vinous is naturally followed by the acetous fermentation.
1825, James Busby, A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, and the Art of Making Wine, page 228
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