Othere Traditional Method Sparkling Wines in France

Question 1

What does the word ‘Cremant’ mean?

Answer 1

Cremant is used to denote some regional French traditional method sparkling wines made outside of Champagne

Question 2

How many appellations for Cremant are there?

Answer 2

Eight

Question 3

What are the common features for all the different Cremant wines?

Answer 3

• Whole bunch pressing
• Hand Harvesting
• Maximum yields of 100L per 150kg of grapes
• Minimum 9 months aging on the less
• Minimum 12 months of maturation between triage and release (which does include the 9 months on the lees)
• Maximum of 13% abv
• Minimum 4 atm

Question 4

What are the two largest regions for traditional method sparkling wines in France outside of Champagne?

Answer 4

• Alsace
• Loire Valley
• They only make around 10% of the total production of Champagne though