Last week I addressed Champagne styles. This week…sweetness codes! The extremely driest of all Champers says Brut Nature on the label. Extra Brut is very dry. Up next is Brut, dry. Then it gets confusing. Extra Sec, meaning extra dry in French, really isn’t. It’s off-dry. Sec, meaning dry, is not at all. More like medium-dry. Demi-Sec, meaning semi-dry, is hardly that. It’s medium-sweet. And Doux or Rich is just that…sweet. Again much of this terminology spills over to other bubbly. Don’t fret though. Most of what we see here in Canada is Brut and occasionally Extra Brut or Extra Sec. We really don’t seem to have a palate for sweet Champagne. Uncork a bottle and enjoy!
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