From buttery brioche to baked apple and toast, this style encapsulates vintage Champagnes and other aged sparkling wines from around the world.

Wine-Searcher editorial

Last updated 22-Mar-2024

Traditional method sparkling wines in a rack, undergoing remuage/riddling, where the sediment is worked to the neck of the bottle | ©Martchan / www.shutterstock.com

Characteristics

• Brioche, yeasty, hazelnut, baked apple, butter, vanilla
• Yeasty, fine bead (small bubbles)

Key wines

• Champagne, crémant, Franciacorta, vintage Cava, methode traditionnelle, Cap Classique