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Wine you may want when it's wet (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macon

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'wine' is the definition.
(macon is a kind of wine)

'you may want when it's wet' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'when' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mac' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for macon that I've seen before include "Dry white Burgundy wine" , "French wine region" , "Variety of Burgundy" , "red" , "Burgundian wine" .)

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