Taste The Aromas

Kimberly Grasso

Champagne How Sweet is Sweet? – With the holidays upon us it’s time to celebrate and what better way to celebrate than with a bottle of Champagne! Bring on the bubbly! But how sweet is sweet? Champagne always carry an indication of their sweetness on the label but the words used are cryptic, so here is what to look for, this is in ascending order of sweetness:

Extra Brut or Brut Sauvage: Totally Dry
Brut: Dry
Extra Dry: Medium Dry
Sec: Slightly Sweet
Demi-Sec: Fairly Sweet
Doux: Sweet

And who can resist the quote by Lily Bollinger when asked by an English reporter when she liked to drink champagne she replied:

“I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and I drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it, unless I’m thirsty.”