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Sur lie aging is the process of allowing a finished wine to continue to sit on the lees in order to extract flavors. There are two different types of lees:

1) Aging wine on the grape lees is something to be undertaken with extreme care as this lees can easily spoil a wine if not done properly. When done correctly though it can lead to a wonderfully complex wine.

2) Yeast lees on the other hand is the more common lees to perform sur lie aging with. As the yeast decomposes it can impart nut, bread, and yeast flavors to a wine. Different yeast cells can contribute different flavors too so you’re not guaranteed to get the same thing from all yeast strains. The remainder of this article pertains to aging on the fine lees only.