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Cantina
Cellars or winery


Cantine Sociale
Cooperative wine producer or wine cellar

Caraffa di Decantazione
Decanter

Carato
Small barrel, usually a 225 liter barrique

Casa vinicola
Merchant bottling purchased wine

Cascina
Farmhouse or wine estate

Castello
Castle

Chiaretto
Deep rosé

Chiuso
Closed, a wine that hides its character

Classico
The historical center of a DOC or DOCG wine area

Complesso
Complex, a wine that combines many aromas or tastes

Coltivatore
Cultivator

Consorzio
Producers trade association

Corpo
Body

Cotto
Cooked, a defect usually happens because the grapes have had too much sun

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