Doux

/DOO/

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French term meaning sweet; sweetest level in sparkling wine.

Full Definition

Doux means sweet in French. For Champagne and sparkling wines, it's the sweetest classification with over 50 grams per liter of residual sugar. For still wines, doux or moelleux indicates a sweet style. Rarely seen in modern Champagne, more common historically.

Related Terms

sweet moelleux sec

See Also

Dosage Back to Glossary Dried Fruit

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Decanting

Pouring wine into another vessel for aeration or sediment removal.

Delestage

Rack-and-return technique for gentle extraction.

Demi-Sec

Medium-sweet sparkling wine.

Density

In tasting, the concentration of a wine; in viticulture, vine spacing.

Depth

Layers of flavor that reveal themselves over time.

Disgorgement

Removing sediment from sparkling wine after secondary fermentation.