Sovetskoye Shampanskoye

Krimsekt or Schampanskoje (Ukrainian шампаньске / Schampanske ) is a Ukrainian sparkling wine that is named after the Crimean peninsula and is generated on this and other parts of Ukraine. In the vernacular, it also bears the names of Russian champagne.

History

The sparkling wine was first produced on the Crimea Peninsula in 1799 in Sudak and Alushta and manufactured exclusively for the Russian tsar in St. Petersburg. End of the 19th century, Prince Lev Golitsyn began large-scale production at his vineyard in Novi Svet and Sudak founded for the Russian Tsar Nicholas II in 1894, the winery Massandra. After the Crimean champagne at the Paris World Exposition in 1900 was awarded the Grand Prix, he gained international popularity.

Production

There are white and red Krimsekt. For the white sparkling wine grape varieties Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay and Aligoté are used. The red Krimsekt is made from the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Saperavi Matrassa.

For bottle-fermented sparkling wine base wine is filled in bottles and fermented with sugar and yeast. White sparkling wine is aged for nine months. Then the yeast particles are vibrated. The yeast collects in the bottle neck and is removed through disgorgement as a plug. The leaked this volume is balanced by wine, grape juice or sugar, the so-called dosage. Depending on the desired quality of sparkling wine matures then another two to three years in cool vaults. In red sparkling wine in the procedure lasts between nine months and up to one year.

Origin

Unlike Champagne, the name Krimsekt is not associated with a specific region of origin. He is not legally protected. The grapes for Krimsekt allowed to grow beyond the Crimea. He will be pressed not only in Sudak and Sevastopol in the Crimea, but also in Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov, and in particular in Artemivsk. There about 50 million bottles are produced annually. It comes under different brand names on the market, including Krimskoye, Crimea, Tsarskoye, Ukrainskoje or Duke Alexei.