Technical tools

Booklets that support you in the daily tasks

The team at Lamothe-Abiet has created a set of technical booklets on specific themes.
From the harvest to preparing wines for bottling, these booklets support you in the daily tasks of wine production.

Vinification

Harvest treatment and adjustment

HETEROGENEOUS
HARVEST

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This practical guide aims to provide actionable strategies to manage this situation effectively throughout the key stages of winemaking and aging.


MANAGING ACID ROT

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This practical guide presents solutions for effectively managing the vinification of a harvest contaminated by acid rot.


DOWNY MILDEW
HARVEST

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Lamothe-Abiet outlines the key points to watch for and the methods to effectively treat a harvest contaminated by downy mildew.


BOTRYTISED HARVEST

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In this practical booklet, Lamothe-Abiet describes the key steps that should be monitored and the ways to effectively treat grapes contaminated with Botrytis.


POWDERY MILDEW
HARVEST

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Lamothe-Abiet outlines the key points to watch for and the methods to effectively treat a harvest affected by powdery mildew.


SMOKE IN VINEYARDS

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This practical booklet aims to provide solutions to reduce the negative impact of smoke on their organoleptic profile.


LOW VOLUMES
MANAGEMENT

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Loss of yield due to poor climatic conditions often has several consequences and producers may be faced with low volumes that they must make the most of using an optimal production process.


Improvement of colloidal stability

THE WORK OF OAK IN WINEMAKING

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This booklet offers some solutions and recommendations to best meet the technical challenges of a harvest with heterogeneous ripeness.


COLOUR MANAGEMENT

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The colour of a red wine is one of the parameters that determines the consumer’s choice.
Many factors play a role in red wines’ colour, and it is therefore crucial to take a broad view.


FINING MANAGEMENT

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This practical booklet aims to help the practitioner approach the fining of musts and wines thoughtfully.


BIO-ACIDIFICATION WITH EXCELLENCE X-FRESH

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This booklet enables winemakers to naturally acidify wines through lactic acid production by the yeast Lachancea thermotolerans.


Optimization of alcoholic fermentation

AF MANAGEMENT

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Guiding the fermentation using precision practices and tools is crucial to avoid microbiological and/or faults.


Maturation

AGEING BOOKLET

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This practical booklet aims to present effective solutions addressing the challenges encountered by practitioners during ageing.


OAD FINING

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To better assist you, the Lamothe-Abiet technical team has developed a decision support tool to help you find your fining solution.


MANAGING BRETTS RISK

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This practical booklet aims to give information and simple, effective tools for the preventive and curative management of Brettanomyces.


TANNINS IN OENOLOGY

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This booklet presents tannins, essential tools throughout the winemaking process.


FINING IN WINES

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Successful fining relies on choosing a product suited to the wine. This booklet aims to help practitioners make the best-informed decisions about their fining strategy.


ENHANCING PRESS WINES

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To make the most of press wines, it is essential to incorporate early and appropriate treatment into the winemaking process.


WINE STABILISATION

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This practical booklet presents all of our stabilisation solutions to avoid certain faults and to guarantee optimal conservation of the wine over time.


TARTRIC STABILISATION OF ROSÉ WINES

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This practical booklet brings together all of the alternatives and solutions to best respond to the current issues surrounding tartaric stabilisation for rosé wines.


Others

ACIDITY MANAGEMENT

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This booklet presents some of the solutions available to winemakers to best adjust the acidity of musts and/or wines.


SULPHITE-FREE WINES
(WHITE & ROSÉ)

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The following protocol gives certain solutions proposed by Lamothe-Abiet for the production of sulfite-free white or rosé wines.


SULPHITE-FREE WINES
(RED)

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This booklet outlines the solutions recommended by Lamothe-Abiet for the production of red wines without added sulphites.


SPARKLING WINE FERMENTATION – E2F

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With a focus on reaching a defined objective, Lamothe-Abiet gives you all the tools you need to succeed in your sparkling wine production and to guarantee the stability of your wines.


ŒNOLOGICAL CHARCOALS

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This practical booklet provides you with the key points on the charcoal treatment of your wines.


Tailor-made protocols

To set up trials, resolve a problem, or to obtain a precise wine profile, Lamothe-Abiet offers tailor-made protocols for different steps in winemaking and maturation, helping you to come reach your goals.

Management of alcoholic and malolactic fermentation

AF RESTART

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Classic protocol for
alcoholic fermentation restart
LAMOTHE-ABIET.


AF RESTART – EXCELLENCE FINISHER

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Simplified protocol for restarting alcoholic fermentation with Excellence® Finisher.


EARLY CO-INOCULATION FERMENTATION MANAGEMENT

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Early co-inoculation fermentation management protocol.


PROTOCOL
BACTERIA ŒNO 1

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Protocol for using Œno bacteria 1.


PROTOCOL
BACTERIA ŒNO 2

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Protocol for using Œno 2 bacteria.


PROTOCOL
BACTERIA XTREM

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Protocol for using XTREM bacteria.


Implementation of technical operations

FLOTATION PROTOCOL

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Step-by-step protocol for successful clarification by flotation.


CMC APPLICATION SHEET

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Banned in December 2018, the use of CMC on rosé wines has been authorized again by the OIV starting from 08/02/2022. A good opportunity to review the benefits and usage recommendations for CMC.


Specific technical itineraries

AROMATIC OPTIMISATION

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Lamothe-Abiet brings you its expertise in the aromatic optimisation of thiols and fermentative esters.


BLANCS DE NOIRS

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Harvesting the fruit – Guidelines for pressing – Depectinisation – Clarification procedure – Alcoholic fermentation start


FRESHNESS OF
RED WINES

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Protocol: red wines freshness


FRESHNESS OF
WHITE AND ROSÉ WINES

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Protocol: white an rosé wines freshness


REDUCING SULPHITES
(RED WINES)

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Protocol: reducing the use of SO2 (red wines)


REDUCING SULPHITES
(WHITE AND ROSÉ WINES)

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Usage Protocol for Reducing Sulphites in White and Rosé Wines.


REDUCTION OF SO₂

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In order to meet the requirements for reduced or absent sulphites in wines, we have selected products that are likely to fulfil these needs.


Laboratory analyses & trials monitoring

BOTRYTEST: MEASUREMENT OF LACCASE ACTIVITY

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Laccase has several effects: oxidation of phenolic compounds, alteration of certain aromas, and oxidative spoilage.


CRYSTALLISATION TEST

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While many tests exist to measure the level of tartrate instability in a wine, the “crystallisation test” remains the reference method.


HEAT PROTEIN TEST

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This protocol explains how to perform a heat protein test.


FINING TRIALS

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This protocol enables you to carry out fining trials with Lamothe-Abiet products.


FINING FINDER

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This decision making tool helps you to find the right fining solution according to the existing requirements and issues.


YEAST REHYDRATION

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Yeast rehydration is a key step that determines the quality of alcoholic fermentation.


Webinars on various themes

Our team draws on its enological expertise and strong experience in the field to offer you online conferences.
The idea is simple: to present to you the current updates on certain themes. Each conference lasts about 30 minutes; with a time for our experts to deliver their presentation, followed by a time for exchange and for your questions

ŒNOSOLUTIONS:
DECISION-MAKING TOOLS

Œnosolutions is an innovative app developed to help with the daily decision-making tasks in the cellar. The app has enological calculators which helps to implement the best solutions, depending on the wine’s characteristics and the desired objective.

This app and its virtual assistant helps you with:

  • Active SO2
  • Yeast nutrition
  • Restart of alcoholic fermentation
  • Malolactic fermentation management
  • Choice of enological woods