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Champagne Styles & Serving Suggestions

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In light of the Festive Season being just around the corner, we thought we should publish some details on Champagne Styles & Serving suggestions.

There are 5 Champagne Styles:

Extra Brut
No sugar is added resulting in a bone dry champagne

Brut
Liquer de dosage contains 1% of sugar producing classic, very dry champagne

Extra-Sec
Slightly more sugar, 1-3%, producing a med dry champagne with a hint of sweetness

Sec
Adding 3-5% sugar results in a decidedly sweet but not cloying champagne

Demi-Sec
8-15% sugar in the liquer de dosage makes this a very sweet champagne, most often served with desserts

It is always helpful to know the right way to serve Champagne. Herewith some helpful tips on serving Champagne to your guests during Festive Season:

1.) Prepare the ice bucket by filling it with half water, half ice cubes (great tip if your champagne is at room temp. and you need to chill it quickly, this should take a max of 20 min)
2.) Bring the bottle in its ice bucket and place it on a stand or a table nearby
3.) Show the bottle to the guest who ordered it and allow them the opportunity to feel whether it is cold enough
4.) Tear off the foil by pulling the black tab around the neck of the bottle
5.) Untwist the cage and loosen it
6.) Have a firm control of the cork by placing your thumb on top of it
7.) Turn the bottle and not the cork by holding at the bottom of the bottle
8.) Keep the bottle as flat as possible
9.) Gently release the cork with a soft slight pop
10.) Smell the cork to detect any bad taste
11.) Hold the bottle with your thumb in the bottom, the label fully visible to whom you are pouring and pour slowly
12.) Fill the glass no more than two thirds full (half full during summer is ideal), the bottle must not touch the glass when pouring and it is preferable not to tilt the glass
13.) Replace the bottle in the bucket with the label fully visible

Visit our website to view an extensive list of bubblies available form Carluccis Wine this season.