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You didn't know that there
were different names for sparkling wines? |
SPARKLING
The broad, generic term for any wine that contains carbon dioxide (CO2) in
solution. |
MOUSSEAUX ("moo-so") the French term for
sparkling.
Full sparkling wines like Champagne have CO2 5 to 6 times normal atmospheric pressure in the
bottle. This is why Champagne bottles are made of heavy glass and have the cork wired down. |
CREMANT ("cray-mawN")
With CO2 about 2 to 4 atmospheres of pressure, resulting in a wine that pours with a,
creamy froth, without the intensely sparkling nature of fully sparkling wines. Crmant is
also used in modern times for fully sparkling wines made outside the Champagne region. |
PETILLANT ("Peh-tee-yawN")
A lightly sparkling wine, with less than 2 atmospheres of CO2. Called
"Frizzante" ("free-zahn-tay")
in Italian, they pour with a quick froth and go still quickly in the glass, leaving a prickly impression. |
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PERLANT
("Pair-lawN")
With just a hint of carbonation, barely enough to make it prickle. |
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