What is lees contact?
Lees are dead yeast cells. Leaving wine and lees in a barrel to have a post-fermentation contact is a traditional winemaking process used in many parts in Europe, where the term 'sur lie' or 'on lees' originated to describe the practice.
Lees is known to give complexity to the wine and contribute to its balance. 
This practice is typically associated with wine and sparkling wines. 
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine is an example wine - it is aged on the lees for 6-9 months 
with bâtonnage (process of stirring the lees).//
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