{"id":9583,"date":"2023-03-08T16:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/100-champagne\/the-champagne\/the-secrets-of-champagne-making\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:09:08","slug":"secrets-of-champagne-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/en\/champagne-visit\/champagne-production-method\/secrets-of-champagne-production\/","title":{"rendered":"The secrets of champagne making"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9583\" class=\"elementor elementor-9583 elementor-1709\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-614728de elementor-fs-modele-texte100-black elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"614728de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19e58376\" data-id=\"19e58376\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2928990c fs-titre elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2928990c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Champagne making<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b95d768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b95d768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An exceptional wine, the result of an alchemy between a unique terroir, a traditional know-how and a lot of patience&#8230; Champagne is not nicknamed<b> the king of wines by chance <\/b>! What if we shared with you some of its manufacturing secrets?  <\/p>\n<p>Step after step, year after year, champagne has been<b> made in the same way for centuries in Champagne<\/b> and nowhere else. From the manual harvest to the disgorgement, its production always follows the same process. <\/p>\n<p>So to make you wait before your stay in Epernay, a champagne destination par excellence, here is some information that will allow you to pierce the mystery of Champagne wine. A new way to live your next tasting experience!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dd4ef3d elementor-fs-modele-photo50-texte50 reverse elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dd4ef3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d65da59 fs-image\" data-id=\"d65da59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2821989e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2821989e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-voirin-jumel-3448-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1715\" alt=\"pressoir champenois\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-voirin-jumel-3448-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-voirin-jumel-3448-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-voirin-jumel-3448-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-voirin-jumel-3448-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-voirin-jumel-3448.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Couvreux Photographer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f718dce fs-texte\" data-id=\"5f718dce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dbf9db fs-titre elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dbf9db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The harvest and the work of the vineyard  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e985c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39e985c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Harvesting<\/b> takes place once a year, at the end of the summer or the beginning of the fall (usually during September). They are the<b>result of 12 months of work in the vineyards<\/b>, during which the winegrower accompanied their natural development (pruning, trellising&#8230;) throughout the seasons.  <\/p>\n<p>In Champagne, <b>the harvest of the grapes is done manually<\/b> only. Armed with their secateurs, the grape pickers cut tons of grapes over a <b>period of about 3 weeks<\/b>. You have to go fast because the grapes do not stay at their optimum maturity for very long!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-471e1b8d elementor-fs-modele-texte100-black elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"471e1b8d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14d569cc\" data-id=\"14d569cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1116accd fs-titre elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1116accd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The assembly<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49cdff73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49cdff73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the spring following the harvest, it is time for the blending, one of the most important and secret steps in the making of champagne. This decisive operation gives the champagnes all their subtlety, their character, their typicity. The wines of Champagne are made from 3 main grape varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.  <\/p>\n<p><b>A good blend is born from the harmony between different vintages, different grape varieties and even different years<\/b>, which the cellar master chooses to associate to create a cuv\u00e9e, often a signature. The goal? To sublimate what nature has to offer and cannot produce by itself.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cfcf8ca elementor-fs-modele-photo50-texte50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cfcf8ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70a5d469 fs-image\" data-id=\"70a5d469\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158f7cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"158f7cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/curiocity-by-de-telmont-dscf7123-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1717\" alt=\"bouteille de champagne vide dans les vignes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/curiocity-by-de-telmont-dscf7123-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/curiocity-by-de-telmont-dscf7123-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/curiocity-by-de-telmont-dscf7123-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/curiocity-by-de-telmont-dscf7123-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/curiocity-by-de-telmont-dscf7123.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Couvreux Photographer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-326d72e6 fs-texte\" data-id=\"326d72e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598f7b7 fs-titre elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"598f7b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The bottling and the taking of foam<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214fa2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"214fa2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the blending comes the essential step of the &#8221; <b>prise de mousse <\/b>&#8220;, that exceptional moment when the wines are transformed into champagne. It is obtained in bottle, thanks to a fermentation intended to make the wine sparkling.  <\/p>\n<p>To carry out this fermentation, it is necessary to add to the assembled wine a liqueur called &#8221; <b>tirage<\/b> &#8221; (composed of sugar, yeast and a stirring additive) as well as yeast. This stage lasts about 2 months and then the bottles are ready for <b>maturation <\/b>(or<b> aging<\/b>).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37d8b153 elementor-fs-modele-texte100-black elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37d8b153\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3672d554\" data-id=\"3672d554\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f1a50 fs-titre elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59f1a50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aging<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62196ebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62196ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The bottles remain in the cellars on wooden pallets for a long period of maturation, protected from the light. The duration of aging varies according to the wine you wish to obtain: <b>15 months minimum for non-vintage wines, 36 months minimum for vintages <\/b>. The cellars play a major role in this important stage of the wine making process thanks to their relatively constant temperature, close to <b>12\u00b0C<\/b>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2976a634 elementor-fs-modele-photo50-texte50 reverse elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2976a634\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a34f076 fs-image\" data-id=\"2a34f076\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772061a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"772061a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-sendron-destouches-dscf8911-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1719\" alt=\"remuage des bouteilles de champagne\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-sendron-destouches-dscf8911-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-sendron-destouches-dscf8911-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-sendron-destouches-dscf8911-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-sendron-destouches-dscf8911-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/epernay.prep.faire-savoir.eu\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/champ-sendron-destouches-dscf8911.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Couvreux Photographer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40c8d42c fs-texte\" data-id=\"40c8d42c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51180d3 fs-titre elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51180d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Racking, disgorging and dosage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90b2dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e90b2dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like all other steps in the manufacturing process, the <b>stirring<\/b> step is important. After a long period of rest in the cellar, the wine must be made clear again by eliminating the deposit that has formed during the foaming process. Riddling consists of slowly pushing the deposit formed in the bottle towards its neck. In concrete terms, <b>the bottles are turned manually or mechanically<\/b>, to the right and to the left, in order to move progressively from their horizontal to their vertical position. At the end of the riddling process, the bottles are placed upside down (&#8220;sur pointe&#8221;), ready to be disgorged.<\/p>\n<p><b>Disgorging<\/b> is an essential step in the process of evacuating the deposit accumulated in the neck of the bottle. Once immersed in a liquid at about <b>-27\u00b0<\/b>, this deposit turns into an ice cube and can be ejected more easily from the neck when the bottle is opened, limiting the loss of wine and pressure to a minimum.  <\/p>\n<p>Then, the <b>dosage<\/b> liquor is added to compensate for the inevitable loss of wine with each bottle that goes through the disgorging process. 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