Method of production, temperature, Sparkling

1. Champagne

2. Introduction
Champagne : the most famous sparkling wine
I- Information about champagne industry
II- Process making of Champagne

3. I- Information about Champagne industry
 History :
- Romans planted the first vineyards
- Dom Pérignon invented the method

4.  The mark guaranteeing the quality
- Champagne = trade name
- Produce in Champagne
- Specific climate (10°C+ rain)
- Specific soil (chalky)
I- Information about Champagne industry

5. II- Process making of Champagne
10 steps
Blending
Bottling
Harvesting Pressuring
1st
fermentation
Yeast
Yeast
Riddling disgorging Dosage
2nd
fermentation Ageing
Sugar + wine

6. II- Process making of Champagne
Harvesting
- Middle September until begin October
- Right balance between sugar acidity
- Harvesting by hand, no machines
- Quickly pressed, prevent from oxidation

7. II- Process making of Champagne
Pressuring
- Several times
• Each specific grape  pressured independently 
extraction of juice

8. II- Process making of Champagne
1st
Fermentation
- Addition of yeast
- Fermentation 1 month
- Sugar = alcohol
- Emission of CO2
Blending
- Winemakers blend wines
(soils, vineyards, years)

9. II- Process making of Champagne
Bottling
Add yeast for 2nd
fermentation and bottled
2nd
fermentation
- Bottles put in cellars with low temperature (10-12°C)
- Laid horizontally = maintain contact between sediment and
wine
- 2nd
fermentation, 6 weeks, ↑ level of alcohol + creates
bubbles
7- Ageing
Champagne ages at least 15 months

10. II- Process making of Champagne
8- riddling
Aim : slid the deposit into the neck of the
bottle
- Bottles placed at a 45 degree angle
- Handled, manually or automatically
- Turned during 1 and 5 weeks
Manual riddling
Automatically riddling

11. II- Process making of Champagne
9- Disgorging
- Bottleneck dipped into a
freezing bath (-20°C)
- Yeast is trapped in a ice
plug in the cap
- A disgorging machine
removes the cap
- The pressure shoots out the
yeast ice plug.
10- Dosage
- Adjusting the blend
- Addition of a combination
of sugar and wine
Corking and bottle dressing

12. Conclusion
 Champagne conforms to standards
 Process complicate and long
 Reason of the price : 15 to 200 € (82.54 INR)
 Used only on special occasion

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