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Example of a label on a bottle of Zinfandel indicating "Cuvee XXVIII" (28). Cuvée [1] (French:) is a French wine term that derives from cuve, meaning vat or tank. [2] [3] Wine makers use the term cuvée with several meanings, more or less based on the concept of a tank of wine put to some purpose.
Reserve cuvee In sparkling wine production, these are the still wines kept over from previous vintages in order to blend with the product of a current vintage in order to improve quality or maintain a consistent house style with a non-vintage wine. Remuage See "riddling". Residual sugar The unfermented sugar left over in the wine after ...
In Champagne wine production this is the juice that is retrieved from the second pressing (or "tails") of grapes which is generally considered to be of lower quality than the juice that comes from the first pressing (or "cuvee") Talento An Italian sparkling wine made according to the traditional method of Champagne--similar to the Spanish term ...
A bottle of undisgorged Champagne resting on the lees.The yeast used in the second fermentation is still in the bottle, which is closed with a crown cap.. The traditional method for producing sparkling wine is the process used in the Champagne region of France to produce Champagne.
These 15 wineries have only hit the scene in recent years, but they represent some of the most exciting trends in California wine. Most are quite small, as vineyard land in California is largely ...
It's a well-established fact that cheap doesn't always mean bad when it comes to wine, and there's probably no grocery store as well-equipped for this as Trader Joe's — and no, we’re not just ...
Display bottle of Grande Cuvée, Krug's non-vintage brut. Krug produces mainly Krug Grande Cuvée, supplemented by a non-vintage rosé, a vintage blanc, a vintage blanc de blancs from the Clos du Mesnil in the Cotes de Blancs, a vintage blanc de noirs from the Clos d'Ambonnay and older vintages released as Krug Collection series.
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