CLAIRETTE DE DIE TRADITION

Designation The vines Wine-making method Characteristics Harmony Serving suggestions

75 % Muscat 25 % Clairette 90 % Muscat 10% Clairette

Designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (A.O.C./Guaranted Vintage) CLAIRETTE DE DIE The vines Clairette blanche : 10 % to 25 % Muscat blanc : 75 % to 90 % Vinification ANCESTRAL DIOISE METHOD After pressing the juices are filtered and refrigerated. The half-fermented must is bottled and fermentation continues in the bottle from the sugar in the grape, thus giving a naturally sparkling wine. Disgorging carried out at least six months after bottling, while the wine still contains sugar and has reached an alcohol content of 7 to 9 %. The Dioise method gives a wine without added sugar or liquor. Wine characteristics Sparkling wine with very fine bubbles, light in alcohol (8°), still containing residual sugars (incomplete fermentation). This wine is marked by the refined Muscat flavours (rose fragance) which only the Dioise method can develop. A highly original wine unique amongst sparkling wines : it is the only naturally sparkling wine and the only one which is so light in alcohol. Wine/food harmony An ideal wine for all desserts, including ice creams, and very interesting with foie gras. It is especially suitable for daytime meetings and coktails parties. Serving suggestions Serve very cool (6 to 8°). Wine to be consumed young, to conserve the full flavours of fruit and flower. To be kept with the bottles lying flat in a cool place away from light.