Of course, there is nothing wrong with choosing famous brands, but you should know that ordinary champagne is already very expensive. Those who are slightly famous need more than 1,000 yuan, and famous brands often cost thousands or even tens of thousands. Therefore, if you want to buy cost-effective champagne, it is very important to know the wine label. According to the French AOC law, all the words on the wine label are liable. Champagne labels must indicate the origin, grade, wine name, winery name, type, capacity, alcohol content, year and bottler to help buyers make correct judgments. Champagne is similar to Burgundy, and the highest level of vineyards is Grand Cru. * * * There are 65,438+07 villages that produce the best quality grapes. If all the vineyards in the village use the grapes of the village 100%, then the words "Grand Cru" can be marked on the wine label, which is also the best champagne. Followed by Premier Cru, there are 40 villages with slightly lower prices, which will also be indicated on the wine label. Even professionals rarely remember the names of the above 57 villages. I only remember three elite producing areas: Vallée de la Marne, Montagne de Reims and Baipo (C? Te des Blancs), top champagne recommends kleiman, Arvid in Baipo and Neil in Lemes-sur-Ou Jie. As long as these six names are on the wine label anywhere, no matter what brand and price, they will be a good choice. Compared with those awkward place names, the easiest thing to identify is whether there is a year on the wine label. Champagne is divided into vintage champagne and non-vintage champagne. In France, the biggest difference between champagne and other wines is that the latter emphasizes planting and soil, while minimizing human factors. In the brewing of champagne, in addition to the quality of grapes, bartenders also play an important role. They all have their own unique secrets, and they are responsible for mixing the wine of that year with the wine of the previous year, so that the produced champagne keeps the same flavor every year, that is, the taste of the vintage champagne produced by the same winery or winery is basically the same every year, and there is no difference between good and bad. However, if the bartender occasionally feels that the climate in a certain year is stable and the quality of grapes is particularly good, he will decide to give up blending and only use the grapes of that year to brew champagne. This is "old champagne". The best year in the last century was 1996, which was called the year of champagne. According to AOC law in France, vintage champagne can only be marketed after at least 65,438+08 months of fermentation, while vintage champagne needs at least 36 months. In other words, vintage champagne is more expensive and has a more unique flavor. Generally speaking, the same brand will be 2-3 times more expensive, so you must seriously consider it when purchasing. The same winery may have a product sequence from low to high, and the highest-grade champagne will be marked on the wine label: Cuvée de Prestige, which means super fine wine. Besides price, taste preference may be more important to the taster. In fact, for the convenience of consumers, the wine label will also clearly indicate: Brut or Nature: dry type, sweetness 0.5-1.5%; Special Sec or special dry: slightly dry, sweetness1.5-3%; Seconds or dry: slightly dry, with sweetness of 3%-5%; Demi Sec: semi-sweet, with a sweetness of 5%-7%; Doux: Sweet, the sweetness is above 7%. In addition, if there is the word "Blanc de Blanc" on the wine label, it means that this champagne is brewed with 100% white grape Chardonnay, which has the strongest aging ability. If it's "Blanc de Noirs", it's made of red grapes, with a rounder taste and a heavier body. Brand is an important part of wine culture, especially champagne. There is a touching story behind almost every famous brand.