| 释义 |
‖ remuage Wine-making.|rəmɥaʒ|
[Fr., lit. ‘moving about’.]
The periodic turning or shaking of bottled wine (esp. champagne) to move sediment towards the cork before disgorgement.
1926P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 154 The bottles are now stacked in wooden racks..for the delicate operation of remuage. 1935Schoonmaker & Marvel Compl. Wine Bk. i. 34 Here takes place the curious process known as the ‘shaking’, or remuage. 1958D. Morris French Vineyards ii. 34 When the remuage is finished, the bottles are left in darkness. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 430/2 Remuage (moving around) is a term used in the process of making Champagne. Bottles placed in specially built racks are turned or shaken a little every day for about four months before they are shipped, so that the sediment may move down towards the cork. 1977T. Heald Just Desserts viii. 187 Along the walls were countless bottles top downwards in racks ‘Ready for the remuage... Gets the sediment down to the cork.’ |