Is champagne so much loved by big writers delicious?
Before answering this question, let's do a small test, in the picture below, which do you think, or which one is champagne?
Does the wine in the three pictures all look similar?
In fact, only the top row is champagne, and the bottom two are Italian sparkling wines.
The sugar in the grapes, and the yeast in the epidermis, react to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide. If you let the carbon dioxide go, all that's left is still wine, which is the vast majority of wines on the market.
If the carbon dioxide is kept in the bottle, the wine has a gas in it, and this type of wine is sparkling wine. Champagne is one of the kinds of sparkling wine.
During the study in France, the champagne province of the winery tour, guess which famous vintner this is?
Sparkling wine must be made from the Champagne region of France, with a specified grape variety, according to the specified production methods and processes, in order to be labeled champagne (French: Champagne).
Often see bad merchants, with similar packaging, the price is very cheap sparkling wine, in the name of "champagne" to sell, a little faint helplessness and sadness ~
Also champagne high-end wine, this edge ball played ~
In different parts of the world, there will also be various types of sparkling wines, such as Moscato (Moscato sweet water) in Italy, Crémant in France except Champagne, Cava (cava) in Spain, Sekt in Germany... Although the brewing process is different, it is characterized by pouring it into a cup and the wine has bubbles
As can be seen from the above brewing method diagram, the production of champagne is relatively complex, coupled with the harsh requirements for variety and quality, the natural price is not cheap.
Exquisite taste, elegant charm, political, business, celebrity respect, film and television dramas, literary works, all make Champagne the most praised wine in the world! Champagne can be regarded as the most prominent "king" in sparkling wine, like an aristocratic existence.
For most people who have not drunk champagne, it may be that the perception of champagne is "expensive" and "elegant", representing a wine that is liked by the high class.
But once you drink champagne for the first time, I'm afraid most people will feel that "it doesn't seem to be as delicious as you think!" ”
In fact, it still depends on what type of champagne you drink. If it happens to be a relatively high amount of residual sugar (semi-sweet or sweet), it may be more acceptable for most people.
But if it is a strong, dry champagne from the beginning, for many wine beginners, it will feel a little "dry" and "sour"!
"Acidity" is easier to understand, but what is "dry"? I have heard a more vivid analogy, like a musk cat eating coffee beans and discharging cat coffee.
You can think of "yeast" as "musk cat", the "sugar" in the grape is "coffee beans", and "sugar" comes out of the "yeast" stomach and becomes "alcohol".
If the "yeast" is allowed to eat most of the "sugar" in the grapes, the brew is dry wine; if you eat seven or eight points full, the wine is semi-dry; three or four points are full, it is a semi-sweet wine; if the grape sugar content is very high, the yeast is dead, there is still a lot of sugar left, and the brew is a sweet wine - such as noble rot.
On the left is the Bordeaux Sudet appellation noble rot, and on the right is the French Languedoc classic tempered peach, these two are particularly suitable for women as birthday gifts~
Wine is also divided into four types according to the amount of residual sugar because of the concept of "dry"- dry, semi-dry, dry and sweet. Applying to the champagne selection here, you can choose different types of champagne according to the degree of "sweetness" you like, and more targeted.
For example, the above wines are from the Champagne region of France, a boutique winery in the Grand Cau vineyard (former classification method) Côte des Blancs - Le Bohan Savina Winery. The winery was founded in 1965 and has gone through four generations.
Looking at the wine label in a big way, it is actually different types of champagne. The labels show the numbers 2004 and 2005, both vintage champagnes. The general Champagne is made by mixing different grape varieties in different vintages and different vineyards, and each winery in the Champagne region has its own brewing style, and the final blend also reflects the characteristics of each winery.
Only when the vintage is particularly good will a single vintage be used to make vintage champagne, so, on the whole, the price of this single vintage champagne with a labeled vintage will be more expensive than that of no vintage (champagne from the same winery or winer).
On the left, this salmon-colored champagne is called rosé champagne. In general, the price will be higher than that of champagne in general, because the brewing process is more complicated. The bloodletting method and the mixing method are mainly used to form a variety of shades of peach red.
However, this way of mixing white grapes and red grapes and making rosé champagne will also be questioned by some experts, after all, in France, for which vineyard, the wine is brewed, what kind of legal appellation can be used, the regulations are very strict. However, it is this respect for the terroir that makes the French wine pedigree more pure.
So, "Is champagne good?" "In fact, it varies from person to person, and there is no law to follow. And it doesn't have to be that the more expensive the champagne, the better it feels. Usually like vintage champagne, it will be drier, while the semi-dry champagne with a sweeter taste may be more suitable for people who are new to wine, but the price is cheaper.
However, if you have a chance, you still have to try champagne! When you are faced with a bottle of jade liquid jelly that carries a special terroir - this bottle from the French province of Champagne, full of bubbles; when you press the cap with your thumb, slowly turn, and the "bang" sounds; when you pour the wine into the slender and slender champagne glass; when you look at the bubbles rising evenly from the bottom of the glass, like a sea of stars in the vast universe... You will fully perceive the whole universe contained in this bottle of champagne, and romantic joy!
Come and answer Wilde's call for champagne!
Of course, if you find the above pile of knowledge a little difficult to understand, you can also choose to ignore, after all, we go to the restaurant to eat beef, do not need to seriously study all the stories about the growth of this cow, the difference in the taste of different parts of the beef, and different types of cattle...
The above is only for interested friends to read casually, if you want to save trouble and drink reliable wine, you can directly ask the sommelier of the restaurant, or there are a few reliable wine recommenders like me, haha ~