Placing in stacks
II.4.2.2 Placing in stacks
Definition:
Storage of the bottle, laying down, after tirage, during the period of secondary fermentation.
Objective :
To favour the secondary fermentation and also the contact of the wine with the deposit.
Prescriptions :
Secondary fermentation in bottle
II.4.2.1 Secondary fermentation in bottle
Definition:
Process in which the secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle.
Objective :
To produce sparkling wines according to this procedure.
Prescription :
To produce sparkling wines according to the following operations:
Second fermentation in bottle
II.4.2 Second fermentation in bottle
Transvasage
II.4.1.10 Transvasage
Definition:
Operation involving the isobarometric transfer of sparkling wine from one wine container to another .
Objectives:
a) Enable the separation of wine from the lees, and/or deposits coming from the addition of clarifying agents, deposited at the bottom of the container
Secondary fermentation
II.4.1.9 Secondary fermentation
Definition:
Alcoholic fermentation in hermetically closed containers.
Objective :
To produce sparkling wine by saturation under pressure with endogenous carbon dioxide.
Prescriptions :
This operation takes place:
Tirage
II.4.1.8 Tirage
Classification :
- Active dry yeast : processing aid
- Ammonium chloride : processing aid
- Potassium alginate : processing aid
- Calcium alginate : processing aid
Definition:
Promoting secondary fermentation by the use of nutritive salts and of yeast growth factors
II.4.1.7 Promoting secondary fermentation by the use of nutritive salts and of yeasts growth factors
Classification:
Inoculation with yeasts
II.4.1.6 Inoculation with yeasts
Definition :
Inoculation of the cuvee, with added tirage liqueur, by a selected yeast culture.
Objective :
To initiate alcoholic fermentation with a view to obtaining effervescence
Prescriptions :
Blending and mixing
II.4.1.5 Blending and mixing
Definition :
Operation that consists of blending :
- Musts or wines coming from various varieties and/or various regions;
- Base wines coming from different years of harvest.
Objective :
Dosage
II.4.1.4 Dosage
Definition :
Liqueur that can be added to sparkling wine immediately before final closure of the bottle and which comprises wine, grape must or a blend of wine and grape must, to which is added: