Dessert liqueur wine
Ratafia de Champagne
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A sweet liqueur wine obtained by stopping the fermentation of grape must with eau-de-vie. Fruity, generous, and sweet, it is served chilled at the end of a meal or for toasting.
Dessert liqueur wine
A sweet liqueur wine obtained by stopping the fermentation of grape must with eau-de-vie. Fruity, generous, and sweet, it is served chilled at the end of a meal or for toasting.
Come, citizen, we don't part without a toast! Here is our ratafia, the real one, that the winegrowers of Champagne draw from the fresh must before it turns to wine. We add marc eau-de-vie to stop the fermentation dead, and thus keep all the sugar and sunshine of the grape. A small glass, no more — it has body, like me! To the health of the Republic, and may the devil take melancholy!
Ingredients
- •Fresh grape must (unfermented juice) — two-thirds (sweet base)
- •Marc de Champagne eau-de-vie — one-third (fortification)
How it was made : The word “ratafia” from the 18th century refers to these liqueurs made from fruits or must fortified with eau-de-vie. In Champagne, ratafia made use of grape juice not destined for sparkling wine. It was a common domestic production among winegrowers.