Sparkling wine Flashcards
What gas is used to make the “bubbles”
CO2
What two methods are used to make sparkling wine?
1: Bottle Fermination
2: tank fermentation
What method does Champagne and Cava use?
Bottle Fermination-traditional method
Traditional Method of bottle fermination?
Base wine+ sugar+ yeast gets sealed into a bottle- CO2 is dissolved creating bubbles
How do Lees end up in the bottle?
Yeast Autolysis- time wine spends with Lees contact during second fermination
What is riddling?
lees are moved to the neck of the bottle. horizantle bottle to verticle.
What 3 grapes are used for Champagne AOC
pinot noir, chardonnay, meunier
What is the legal minimum amount Champage must sit in their lees
12 months- dry, high acidity, apple, autolytic notes (bread)
longer times makes it- green fruit, citrus fruit, and autolytic notes (bread)
What is liqueor d’expedition?
After disgorgment- the removal of lees they fill the top of the wine with sugar and wine before resealing with a cork
What is dosage?
amount of sugar/sweetness- aka brut and demi sec
Where is Cava from ?
Catayluna, Spain
Climate of Champagne?
Cool
Climate of Catayluna
warm- harvest early to retain high acidity
What does South Africa label their sparkling wines that use the traditional bottle method?
Method Cap Classique
What other grape varities does Africa use?
Chenin Blanc
When is tank fermentation used
When winemaker doesn’t want autolyic aromas usedm Makes wine taste more like the wine grape variety than autolytic aromas
Asi Method is from where?
Piemonte Italy
Asi Method?
Grape Juice in a tank with yeast to ferment, let CO2 Out, go back to fermenting to create CO2, then stop fermentation to filter out yeasts= low alcohol sweet sparkling wine
What method is Prosceco made with?
tank method
What base grape is used for Proseco?
Glera- light to medium bodied wine with apple and ,elon flavors. typically dry to off dry
Where is Asti DOCG found
Piemonte
What grape is used in asti
Muscat or Muscato- floral aromas, flavors of grapes, peaches and pears,
