Brut
Also known as: dry
In short
Brut is the most important sweetness label for sparkling wine, champagne and cava: dry with a small dose of residual sugar. We explain the scale from brut nature to doux and what brut does in a cocktail.
In depth
What does brut mean?
Brut appears on bottles of sparkling wine, champagne or cava and translates as dry. A small amount of residual sugar may stay, the dosage, a small addition before the final cork, decides on the style.
The scale
The most important levels from dry to sweet: brut nature, extra brut, brut, extra dry, sec or demi-sec, doux. Curious but good to know: brut is drier than extra dry, the names grew historically.
Brut in the glass
Sparkling wine makes cocktails sparkle: the French 75 combines gin, lemon and sparkling wine, the champagne cocktail works with a sugar cube and bitters. It often gets served from a coupe: "The tumbler is made for the ice, the highball glass for the bubbles, the coupe for the history, the martini glass for the show." And because the sparkle loves the hour before dinner: "The aperitif makes the beginning, brut makes the sparkle."
Remember this one
"The aperitif makes the beginning, brut makes the sparkle."
At our lounge
Ask for our sparkle: brut belongs to a good evening for us.