Marsovin releases limited edition Cassar de Malte ‘Long Lees’
Malta’s premium winemaker Marsovin releases
Long Lees limited edition of its coveted Cassar de Malte Brut sparkling wine
10 December 2020, 3:13pm
Malta’s premium winemaker Marsovin, has just released a Long Lees limited edition of its coveted Cassar de Malte Brut sparkling wine.
Cassar de Malte is the only bottle fermented vintage quality sparkling wine produced in Malta using the original ‘traditional method’. The Chardonnay grapes are handpicked from the winery’s private estate in Wardija specifically for the production of Cassar de Malte.
Lees ageing is an integral part of the traditional method premium sparkling wines and it is this very process which makes these wines so special. The lees mainly consist of yeasts that have multiplied in the bottle and formed a deposit. By the end of the second fermentation, all of the sugars have been consumed and the yeasts gradually die and decompose. This process is known as autolysis, releasing molecules that are slowly transformed as they interact with those in the wine.