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A still base wine is bottled with a little sugar and yeast, and a second fermentation in the sealed bottle makes the bubbles. The wine then rests on the dead yeast for months or years, which gives toasty, bready notes. The yeast is worked into the neck, frozen and shot out, and the bottle is topped up and corked. Made in 8 steps over 13 months – 14 months. The longest step, age on the lees, takes at least 9 months (Cahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine…). Saccharomyces cerevisiae does most of the fermenting.
Amounts from a sourceThe Champagne and Cava specifications fix grape yields, ageing times and pressure, not a recipe; each house sets its own blend and sugar.
102 L of settled must from 160 kg
Grapes, pressed whole · The Champagne limit for white and directly pressed rosé base wines[champ-cdc]
Liqueur de tirage · Wine, yeast, sugar, nutrients and a riddling aid; the sugar is sized for the pressure wanted[charnock2022][gnoinski2021]
Optional
Liqueur d'expédition (dosage) · Wine with or without added sugar, put in after disgorging to set the sweetness[charnock2022]
Starter
inoculated wine yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) for the second fermentation
Total time across the recorded steps: 13 months – 14 months
Start
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What changes:Whole bunches are pressed gently and the cloudy must settles clear
Step 1 of 8
Press the grapes whole and settle the must
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yeasts
The press fractions (cuvée and taille) are made into wine separately in Champagne. Output: clear, pale must.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
A white wine is finished once it is fermented and clarified. Here the dry base wine is fermented a second time in its own sealed bottle, kept on the dead yeast for months or years, and the yeast is then removed bottle by bottle.
Lees ageing, Champagne
At least 15 months from tirage before sale; 36 months for vintage Champagne
Lees ageing, Cava
At least nine months in contact with the lees in the bottle where the second fermentation took place
Pressure
About 6 atm at 20 °C; at least 3.5 bar for quality sparkling wine
ChampagneChampagne AOC; at least 15 months from tirage (36 for vintage); tirage no earlier than 1 January after harvest.
CavaSpanish DOP; at least nine months on the lees; Reserva 18, Gran Reserva 30 and Paraje Calificado 36 months from tirage to disgorging.
Transfer methodThe second fermentation is in the bottle, but the wine is then emptied into a pressure tank to remove the lees instead of riddling each bottle.
Tank (Charmat) methodThe second fermentation happens in a pressurised tank, not in each bottle.
Safety
The finished bottles hold about 6 atmospheres of pressure, so they must be opened with care. Sulfur dioxide is often added, mainly to the base wine or the dosage, against spoilage and oxidation.
The Champagne appellation was first recognised by decree on 29 June 1936. The Champagne specification credits Jules Guyot, in 1866, with noting the value of blending grapes from different varieties and plots.