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.