Charmat method. The method of putting bubbles in wine by adding sugar to a sealed tank, letting the second fermentation take place, and transferring to a bottle under pressure. Less expensive and time consuming than Methode Champenoise.
Charmat Method: An inexpensive method of producing sparkling wines of reasonable quality. The secondary fermentation is carried in a pressurised tank and the yeast is filtered out prior to bottling. Also called the tank method.
Peculiar characteristic of this wine, thanks to the high quantity of malic acid and the lively total acidity, is its vocation to be sparkled, fermented in bottle (Champenoise method) or in autoclave (Charmat method).
Sparkling wines from this area are produced with the Charmat method - or Martinotti method - very suited to the exaltation of the aromatic qualities of Prosecco grape.
Sparkling wines produced in the United States can be made in both the méthode champenoise and the charmat method.
MOUUSEUX
French term used to describe sparkling wine made by the Charmat Method - a method where sparkling wine is made in bulk in sealed tanks and then bottled under pressure.
MOUTH FEEL
How a wine feels in the mouth and against the tongue.
 See also: Pinot, Sparkling wine, Bottle, Grape, Charmat
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