A cap, resembling that on a beer bottle, that is used during bottle fermentation when making sparkling wine via méthode champenoise. The crown cap has a small plastic receptacle attached to it that fits inside the bottle, into which the yeast sediment settles during the riddling process.
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- agrafe; agraffe (wine-related term)
- disgorge; disgorgement (wine-related term)
- closures (wine-related term)
- méthode champenoise (wine-related term)
