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Moet & Chandon Marc de Champagne, France

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Price Range of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD
Average: $36   From: $29   To: $51

Price History for Moet & Chandon Marc de Champagne
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Grape Variety: Eaux-de-Vie

Eau-de-Vie (Eaux-de-Vie in the plural) is French for 'water of life' and refers to a wide variety of fruit-based distilled beverages. The production process for eaux-de-vie is very similar to that for most other spirits; the raw material is harvested, crushed and fermented, and the resulting must distilled in order to separate impurities from the alcohol. The resulting beverage is bottled at somewhere between 35% and 50% ABV.

The fruits used to make eaux-de-vie are commonly orchard fruits such as apples, pears, plums, cherries and blackberries. Grapes can also be used, although grape-based spirits (e.g. Cognac and Armagnac) are usually categorized as brandies. The latter have an amber hue developed during ba ... more


Region Hierarchy
  • Eau-de-Vie de Marc de Champagne

    Eau-de-Vie de Marc de Champagne (often called simply Marc de Champagne) is one of 30 appellations for French eaux-de-Vie, specifically covering those spirits produced within the Champagne wine region.

    Marc is grape pomace: the residual skins and seeds left behind after pressing. Under the Eau-de-Vie de Marc de Champagne appellation only this dry residue may be fermented, absent of grape juice. The grape varieties used are, for obvious reasons, those which are key in Champagne:  ... more

  • Champagne

    Champagne is the name of the world’s most famous sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold, and the French wine region from which it comes. While it has been used to refer to sparkling wines from all over the world – a point of much controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades – Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted na ... more

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