prosecco charmant

prosecco is the grape variety and the name of the wine
comes from the Veneto and made with the Charmat process

prosecco used to be trellised overhead, but because of the all the non-grape specific production required of the vine in this format, the wine was less than perfect. All the growing season went towards leaf production, and with the overhead trellis, it was impossible to trim the canopy, and the water and energy were lost in all the extra feet of trunk.

in the mid to late 80's these trellises were ripped up and replanted single guyot. with a much higher quality of wine has resulted


Charmant is also known as tank fermentation.
process is the wine is fermented bone dry, usually letting the resultant gas escape
(although the gas can be kept in the wine, and bottled with the first fermentation)
resulting dry still wine is placed in a tank with a chapeau, or a closed tank, and sugar and yeast are added.
not much is needed,
4g per liter for frizzante
6g per liter for spumante

plus extra for any desired residual sweetness. wine is pumped out of the tank, directly though a filter and bottled directly with gas but no yeast in the bottle.