Brut Daily

Champagne Knowledge

Brut Nature
A champagne category containing 0 to 3 g/L of residual sugar with no added dosage. Also labelled 'Zéro Dosage', 'Dosage Zéro' or 'Pas Dosé'.
Dosage
A small addition of liqueur d'expédition — typically a mixture of reserve wine and cane sugar — added after disgorgement to adjust the final sweetness of a champagne.
Millésimé
A champagne produced exclusively from grapes harvested in a single declared year. Typically released only in years considered exceptional by the producer.