Note 416 — PART II. (continued 2)
Reading edition
M. Mauméné has pointed out that if a solution of tannin or alum has been added to the cuvée at the time of fining, the deposit is certain to be granular and non-adherent. But he justly remarks that these solutions, especially the latter, though doing good to the wine, have a precisely opposite effect upon the human stomach that consumes it.