Charmat

See also: charmât and charmat

English

Etymology

Named after Eugène Charmat, French chemist.

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).
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