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A cloudy wine appears dull and translucent because it has natural particles floating in it. While an old wine may have sediment that has developed due to aging, the term cloudy is specific to young wines.
A wine becomes cloudy if the wine producer opts for little to no filtering when the wine is transferred from one vat to another. Most wine makers today filter their wines in order to avoid this problem.
You can try to make a cloudy wine clear by storing the bottle vertically and seeing if the particles sink to the bottom. If the deposits settle, decant the liquid into a clear container, being careful to leave the particles in the bottle. However, some wines are so poorly filtered that the particles continually float around; in these cases, the only solution is filtration.
Cloudy can also be called *hazy*.
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