Redox balance: a state, not a value

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The standard

A managed redox balance keeps the wine in a range free of oxidative and reductive notes and relates oxygen uptake and sulfur additions to one another. It is to be steered across the whole ageing, not set once.

Criteria

Oxygen uptake and protective addition are related to one another
The state is followed across the whole ageing
It spans several reactive groups of substances
It is described as a state, not as a momentary value

Distinction

Redox balance ≠ redox potential: the potential is the measured value, the balance is the state it indicates. Redox balance ≠ oxidation: oxidation is one direction, a managed redox balance is the equilibrium of both.