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Charmat

Charmat noun: an inexpensive method of producing sparkling wine in which secondary fermentation takes place in tanks (rather than in bottles as in the méthode champenoise).

Noun

Charmat (uncountable)

  1. An inexpensive method of producing sparkling wine in which secondary fermentation takes place in tanks (rather than in bottles as in the méthode champenoise).

Origin of Charmat

Named after Eugène Charmat, French chemist.

Words formed from Charmat

Questions about Charmat

What does Charmat mean?
Charmat means an inexpensive method of producing sparkling wine in which secondary fermentation takes place in tanks (rather than in bottles as in the méthode champenoise).
What part of speech is Charmat?
Charmat is a noun.

Words near Charmat in the dictionary

  1. Charmaine
  2. charman
  3. Charmant
  4. charmante
  5. charmarite
  6. Charmat
  7. Charmat method
  8. Charmat process
  9. charme
  10. charmed
  11. charmed a bird off a branch

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