Total acidity is reduced; the wines become softer, rounder and more complex. In addition, malolactic conversion stabilizes wines by preventing an undesirable fermentation in the bottle. Most red wines ...

Total acidity is reduced; the wines become softer, rounder and more complex. In addition, malolactic conversion stabilizes wines by preventing an undesirable fermentation in the bottle. Most red wines ...

On the one hand you have the big, buttery style of wines that undergo malolactic fermentation and are usually aged in oak. On the other hand you have the naked, or unoaked, style that lets the ...