It is impossible to imagine a single celebration without champagne. Wedding, New Year, birthday, celebration of victory in the competition - all this is crowned with a bubbling aromatic drink in glasses. In our country, by mistake, all sparkling wines are called champagne. In fact, champagne is just a type of sparkling wine. There are a great many of them. But not everything that foams in a glass is sparkling wine. There are also sparkling wines. These wines are artificially saturated with carbon dioxide . Sparkling wines acquire their seething character as a result of natural fermentation.
Sparkling wines are produced according to two main technologies: bottled and reservoir. Bottle technology is more complex, it is according to it that champagne is made - sparkling wine - in the province of Champagne. Sugar and special yeast are added to ready-made ripe
grape wine . Then bottled and tightly corked.
So that the cork does not fly out of the bottle during the maturation of the wine under the pressure of the gases generated during fermentation, it is wound around the neck with a special wire or string. A bottle for sparkling wine is used from strong, thickened glass so that it does not tear under the pressure of carbon dioxide. The pressure that forms in the clogged container is six times higher than atmospheric.
When the fermentation process is completed, a precipitate forms in the wine container. To make sparkling wine transparent, it must be removed. To do this, the wine bottles are placed in a special device, where they are tilted. Thus, the sediment moves to the neck of the bottle. To completely move the sediment without stirring up the bottles, you need to shake and rotate daily. This is done by the remuyer.
After the sediment has completely moved to the neck, the degorger quickly removes the cork from the bottle, while a small part of the wine is poured, and the sediment is also removed. The process of making sparkling wine is complex and painstaking, but it has an amazing result - in the end, a tasty, aromatic drink saturated with bubbles of
carbon dioxide is obtained
. This wine is pleasantly drunk and pleases the eye with a fascinating “boil” in a glass.
Sparkling wines are made both varietal and blended, that is, from different grape varieties.
Therefore, they are so diverse. You can choose sparkling wine for meat and fish, for cheeses, seafood, fruits and desserts. Everyone can find sparkling wine to their taste. Just like ordinary wines, they are dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet.
They are also distinguished by wines with a slight degree of carbon dioxide saturation, they are called "Friesante". They are not classified as sparkling wines, as the pressure in the bottles with these drinks is below normal. When drinking wine "Friesante" there is a slight tingling sensation.
Lambrusco sparkling wine belongs to this category. It is made from a grape variety of the same name, which grows in the northern region of Italy. This wine has a pleasant aroma. The alcohol content in it is low. Lambrusco is a wine that gives pleasure and enjoyment.