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The Components of Wine

• S emi-dry wine contains 4-12g of residual sugar per litre.

• Semi-sweet wine contains 12-45g of residual sugar per litre.

• S weet wine contains over 45g of residual sugar per litre.

With regard to sparkling wines, the classifications with respect to the sugar content are
different:

• Brut Nature contains less than 3g of residual sugar per litre.

• Extra Brut contains less than 6g of residual sugar per litre.

• Brut contains less than 15g of residual sugar per litre.

• E xtra Sec contains 12-20g of residual sugar per litre.

• S ec contains 17-35g of residual sugar per litre.

• Demi-Sec contains 33-50g of residual sugar per litre.

• D oux contains more than 50g of residual sugar per litre.

The bubbles of life. Ormoška Penina
sparkling wine, 2003. Photo: Boris Farič,

the photo library of the Ptuj
Regional Museum.

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