Chapter 6&7-Table 1 Flashcards
The most highly regarded method of sparkling wine production
Methode Champenoise ( Traditional Method)
French term for a riddling rack
Pupitre
French term for the blending stage of sparkling wine production
Assemblage
Another term for Prestige sparkling wines, literally translated to “cream of the crop”
Tete de Cuvee
Sparkling wine made using only white grapes
Blanc de Blancs
Sparkling wine made using only red grapes
Blanc de Noirs
French term for “juice settling”——
Debourbage
Mixture of base wine, sugar, and yeast that is added to induce the second fermentation of a sparkling wine
Liqueur de tirage
Term used for the decomposition of yeast cells during sur lie aging
Autolysis
French term for riddling
Remuage
Proess by which the dead yeast cells are removed from a bottle of Champagne
Disgorging
Small amount of wine (and sometimes sugar) used to replace the volume lost in the disgorging of Champagne
Dosage
Alternative name for the “tank method” of sparkling wine production
Charmat or Cuvee Close
Method used to produce Moscato d’Asti
Partial Fermentation
Process of halting fermentation by adding high-alcohol spirits while the must still has a significant amound of sugar
Mutage