STORAGE, SERVING SUGGESTION & BOTTLE SEAL
STORAGE
We recommend that you store our sparkling wine in a cool (8–18° Celsius) and dark place. You can also store the sparkling wine bottle upright. In doing so, a pressure drop is not to be expected.
AERATION
We recommend that you open our sparkling wine about 20 minutes before drinking. The sparkling wine then begins to develop its aroma in an ideal way.
TEMPERATURE
At a drinking temperature of 8° Celsius, the bouquet unfolds nicely and you and your guests get their money’s worth.
GLASSES
MADL-Sekt tastes great in white wine glasses because the bouquet can unfold in an ideal way in these glasses. The sparkling wine cannot develop well in narrow champagne flutes, and it evaporates too much in red wine glasses.
We recommend the following glasses or similar ones:
- e.g. Zalto white wine glass or
e.g. Riedel champagne glass
THE IDEAL PERLAGE
Sparkling wine glasses should be roughened up on the bottom of the glass. This “sparkling point” enables the carbonic acid bubbles to release more easily. Thereby, an ideal taste experience is made possible. This is how sparkling wine tastes best. We offer this service to our customers free of charge.
What to do if the sparkling wine does not fizz in the glass?
Clean your glasses mainly with hot water and vinegar and only with very little detergent. Please note that detergent residues in the glass prevent the perlage from forming. In this case, we recommend that you rinse the glasses with hot water or vinegar and dry them well. Afterwards, the sparkling wine should fizz nicely when pouring. If that doesn’t work right away, please repeat the process until the sparkling wine fizzes in the glass.
SPARKLING WINE AS MEAL ACCOMPANIMENT
Our different types of sparkling wine are excellent meal companions. Try our Schretenperg-Sekt Cuvée dry with a traditional Wiener Schnitzel, or serve MADL-Sekt Brut Nature with Asian cuisine and our MADL-Sekt Rosé extra dry with Kaiserschmarren. Be inspired by the symbols on the labels.
As a general rule:
Sparkling wine made from WHITE GRAPES only
• as an aperitif and with lighter dishes such as, e.g., with seafood, fish, white meat and cheese
Sparkling wine with BLUE GRAPES (white and red cuvées and rosés)
• with hearty meals such as pork and beef, dark poultry, spicy cheeses and with Asian cuisine.
We recommend that you use our sparkling wine in a versatile and creative way as a meal companion. Create extraordinary flavor combinations — you and your guests will be amazed!
BOTTLE SEAL — Keeps the perlage for days.
To store your opened sparkling wine bottle, we recommend that you use our MADL bottle seals. They seal the bottle well and are easy to clean. The wing closure is attached to the bottle neck by a light “latching” on both sides.
BACK LABEL — IMPORTANT Information
Österreichischer Sekt (Austrian sparkling wine): produced in Austria from Austrian grapes by alcoholic fermentation. Minimum storage time „on lees“ of 9 months.
Méthode Traditionnelle: stands for the classic bottle fermentation method, also known as Méthode Champenoise.
Handgerüttelt (hand riddled) means: The yeast was moved into the bottleneck by manually riddling the bottle on a riddle rack. Effort: 20 — 25 manual movements per bottle.
The Hefelagerzeit (storage time “on lees”) provides information on the character of the sparkling wine. Sparkling wines up to 2 years are very fresh and fruity. From an aging time of 3 years on, more creamy yeasty flavors appear.
The Degorgierdatum (L.deg.) (disgorgement date) provides information on how long the sparkling wine has been off lees. Our sparkling wines can be stored well and develop excellently over the years.
Sulfite (sulfites) protect the sparkling wine from early spoilage and keep the fruitiness. Only an extremely small amount is contained in our sparkling wines.
We wish you a lot of drinking pleasure and, of course, we are at your disposal for any further questions and information!