GLOSSARY TERM
Ancestral Method
StylesA sparkling wine method in which fermentation finishes in bottle, trapping carbon dioxide.
<h2>What it means in wine</h2> <p>Often associated with pétillant-naturel, the ancestral method can produce gently sparkling wines with varied sweetness, clarity, and pressure.</p> <h2>Why it matters</h2> <p>Do not treat all ancestral-method wines as identical or automatically natural.</p>
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