--- title: "Classification of wine by its carbon dioxide content" description: "True wine connoisseurs know that, depending on the time of year, time of day, climate and mood, wine can be a pleasant addiction, inspire us, give us..." url: https://vegatolosa.com/en/classification-of-wine-by-su-content-in-gas-carbonico/ date: 2021-05-26 modified: 2021-05-26 author: "daniel-gomez" image: https://vegatolosa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Diseno-sin-titulo.png categories: ["Uncategorized"] type: post lang: en --- # The true connoisseurs of wine know that, depending on the time of year, the time of day, the weather and the mood, wine can be a pleasant addiction, inspire us, give us peace of mind or get up. There are many **wine classifications**, once you know what there are you can expand the options, so that each moment can be accompanied by a wine. Wines can be classified according to different criteria, for example, according to the ** sugar level, the origin of the grapes or the alcohol content**. Today we will focus on the classification of wines by **amount of gas in the wine**. According to this criterion, wines can be divided into those containing **carbon dioxide** and those that do not. Those that do contain carbon dioxide, in turn, are divided into several types: sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine, pearl wine or pearl wine and aerated wine. ## **Types according to the amount of gas in the wine.** ### **Quiet wine** The first type is wine that itself contains an indication of absence of restlessness. The wines called** still** are those that do not have the presence of gas in wine and their alcoholic strength is less than 15º. These wines are the** white, rosé and red wines**. Quiet wines are more commonly consumed, which can also be known as table wines. Undoubtedly, the method of production of still wine differs according to the type of wine we want to make. They can be; the white wine that is fermented the must without the skins; the fermented rosé wine in contact with the skins of the grape and the must to get that color; and the red wine that is fermented next to the skins in search of polyphenols and tannins. ### **Sparkling wine** Sparkling wines are next in this classification in terms of carbon dioxide content. Due to their origin or special elaboration, these wines retain part of the **carbon dioxide of their own fermentation** or added sugars. This gaseous carbon dioxide is released in the form of bubbles without foam. They are usually pink or white. It should be noted that sparkling wines are characterized by a long aging and a second fermentation in bottle, which gives them a high carbon content. The famous Spanish cava is mainly a sparkling wine. The wine highlighted in the sparkling wine list is [**Brut Nature Chardonnay Ecological 2018** ](https://vegatolosa.com/vega-tolosa-brut-nature-chardonnay-ecológico/) from the Vega Tolosa winery. In an original bottle, Audrey Champ is a delicate natural brut, made with a traditional method. The wine is made from an original coupage of the **best grapes**, carefully grown in La Manchuela: Chardonnay, Macabeo and Sauvignon Blanc. This wine created to delight the most demanding tastes, choosing exclusivity when sharing this bottle. It has pale yellow color with light greenish tones, it is clean and bright. It is characterized by abundant fine bubbles, with crown formation. By tasting this wine, you will feel clean, long, elegant and fruity aroma in the mouth, which is a good taste balance. ### **Needle wine** Special attention should be paid to needle failure. The** semi-sparkling wines** are young, non-sparkling wines. These wines should be consumed in the same year, in order to appreciate their freshness and the charm of their bubbles. Semi-sparkling wine can also be aerated. This occurs when part of the **carbon gas** contained in the semi-sparkling wine has been **added.** Although the “needle” wine is not a cava, nor a sparkling wine, thanks to its elaboration, this type of wine retains a small amount of gas in wine. When the time comes and you open the bottle, this gas comes out in the form of bubbles, but it does not form foam. For the production of semi-sparkling wine, the same grape varieties are used as for the production of other types of wines. For white wines they usually use the same ones that go to the elaboration of cava, for example, Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel. For the rosé ​​se usually use Grenache, Sirach, Tempraniyo, Merlot and the like. Therefore, wine does not require a specific grape variety. In some cases, when the wine is made with Moscatel grapes, the product is a little sweeter than that made with other grape varieties. To really enjoy semi-sparkling wine, it should be served a little cold so that you can fully enjoy the freshness and tenderness of this drink. This wine is ideal for cooling off on a hot summer afternoon. **Pearl wine or peeled wine** is a wine with carbon dioxide gas at a pressure slightly higher than semi-sparkling wine (between 2 or 3 atmospheres). They are sometimes included in semi-sparkling wines. ### **Gasified wine** At the end of the conversation about gas in wine, it is necessary to talk about **gasified wine**. This wine contains carbon dioxide from sources other than wine (exogenous). But it must be borne in mind that it can also contain part of natural carbonic gas (endogenous) from fermentation. According to (https://www.vinetur.com/) the digital wine magazine, in Spain, aerated wine, is to which carbonic is added, regardless of whether the wine contained part of carbonic of natural origin. In this wine the pressure is not limited, except when it is bottled in champagne form, then its minimum pressure will be 4 atmospheres at a temperature of 20º C. Its elaboration is a simplified form of the ‘Granvás’ system, where the second natural fermentation phase is replaced by the addition of CO2. They do not resemble natural sparkling wines from an organoleptic point of view. The only thing that makes it related to natural sparkling wine is the presence of carbon dioxide. However, in the case of this wine, the gas is less integrated into the wine, so the size of the bubble is larger and its persistence in the glass is smaller. Behind all these characteristics there is a wonderful world of quality wines, whose choice will be successful in any case. You just have to find a worthy excuse to taste these wonderful wines.