Heat: Champagne From Harvest 2026 Can Officially Exceed 13% Alcohol
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An unprecedented decision will ease the production rules of the famous French sparkling wine. But this exception will not apply to all producers. ...
The champagne from this year's harvest may exceed 13% of alcohol according to a decree published in the Official Gazette. An exceptional measure taken after the heat and drought episodes that occurred this summer. - Heat: Champagne from harvest 2026 may officially exceed 13% of alcohol (Environment).
"The wines drawn in 2027 from an assemblage of unenriched 2026 wines and wines from enriched earlier harvests may exceed, after taking foam, the maximum total alcoholic strength by volume of 13%", says the decree. The measure is taken "on an exceptional basis and following the climatic conditions of the summer of 2026 marked by episodes of heat and an exceptional drought which lead to potential alcoholic strength titres particularly high during …
Taking due to the summer heat, this measure should allow wine growers whose grapes harvested this year already have a high degree of alcohol to produce wines up to
Champagne from this summer's grape harvest may exceptionally exceed 13% alcohol, according to a decree published on Wednesday in the Official Journal (OJ), which follows a derogation obtained at the beginning of September by producers due to the summer heat wave."The wines drawn in 2027 from an assemblage of [...] This article In the face of the heat wave, champagne 2026 allows more than 13% alcohol to appear first on Terre de Vins.
The harvest of 2026 has given very sweet grapes, pushing the alcohol of the wines beyond the usual limits. An exceptional derogation allows the wine to be grown.The wine is grown in the... Read more Champagnes at 15 degrees, a first allowed after the heat wave appeared first on Le Singulier.
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