Methods Of Production Flashcards
What are the method of production for sparkling?
Traditional method Method ancestral Charmat process/cuvée close/tank method Continuous method/Russian continuous method Carbonation
Explain disgorgement
The cellar master is operating the remuage in order to put all sediment in the neck.
Then they freeze it and disgorge
What is it used to topped up the wine after disgorgement?
Liqueur de dosage called liqueur d’expedition.
What is liqueur d’expedition
A mixture of sugar syrup and wine that is added after disgorgement
What are the 4 steps of traditional method production
Pressing
Assemblage
2nd fermentation
Disgorgement
What is it used to initiate the 2nd fermentation and when does it appear?
Liqueur de tirage used after the debourbage, assemblage and stabilisation.
It is a mixture of still wine, yeast, sugar and fining agent.
What is the French name for the 2nd fermentation?
Prise de mousse
How long does the prise de mousse last for?
8 weeks on average.
How much alcohol does the prise de mousse produced?
The yeast breaks down and the alcohol increase by 1.2 to 1.3% when the atmosphere reached 5 to 6 bars.
Explain the charmât method
After 1st fermentation liqueur de tirage is added.
Provoking 2nd fermentation which occurs in pressurised tank or autoclave.
Wine is chilled and bottled with dosage once rich 5 atm.
Explain the continuous method.
Develop in URSS.
Similar than tank method, by base wine is pumped through a series of interconnected tanks while undergoing 2nd fermentation.
Liqueur de tirage is constantly added.
Sekt method.
Max extraction in champagne?
102L/160kg
2550L/4t
what are the other name of the Charmat Method?
Cuvée close
Tank Method
What region/appellation are known for Tank Method?
Asti DOCG
Prosecco
if my wine is still fermenting and transferred to bottle? what will happen? what is the name of it? what are the requirement of this method?
The wine will then keep fermenting in the bottle creating the sparkle.
it is called Ancestral method
There is no need of liquor de Tirage and Dosage is not allowed.
The wine will be disgorged, filtered and rebottled before to sale.
name the most famous Ancestral method wines of France?
Bugey Cerdon
Clairette de Die methode Dioise Ancestrale
Gaillac Mousseux Méthode Gaillacoise
Limoux
What wine from France is the closest to Moscato d’Asti in Italy in term of Style?
Methode Dioise Ancestrale.
particularity of the Méthode Dioise Ancestrale?
min 55g/l of RS
no second fermentation
min 4.5% Alc when bottled
min 4 months on lees
the finished wine must have min 35g/l of RS
no min ATM.
the 20g/l RS difference infer 4.5 ATM min
what is the other name of Méthode Ancestral?
Methode Rurale
What is Tranversage?
it is a traditional method, used in the case of bottling small bottle or anything above Jeroboam.
What is transfer Method?
start as traditional method.
After the lees ageing, wine is transferred to a pressured Tank.
it is then clarified (filtration) to remove the lees.
dosage added and wine bottled
why is Transfer method dying?
High cost (traditional) do not have the advantage of the traditional method (autolysis)
What is Autolysis?
dead yeast (lees) in contact with wine after 2nd fermentation. Recommended to high quality produced sparkling. the longer in contact (5 Years +) and the better the result.
