Comments on: Q&A: Disgorging Movia Puro

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By: Brooklynguy

Brooklynguy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:10:01 +0000

you won’t need to ask me twice

By: Do Bianchi

Do Bianchi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:24:41 +0000

Jeff and Jack, thanks for stopping by. Totally agreed: the longer you can store upside down the better.

Jack, I had dinner with Jay Porter of the Linkery last night and let him know you were planning on dining there at some point. Let me know when you do…

By: Jeff Meisel

Jeff Meisel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:15:08 +0000

I work with Domaine Select Wine Estates, the US importer for Movia. I want to add to Jack’s point about having the bottle stored upside down. Ideally, it should be upside down for a day, not just a few hours. The lees really do need to settle into the neck of the bottle. By the end of this summer, all retailers who have PURO will also have the cylinder tubes that the Puro will rest on upside down. Also note, that if you happen to have it stored the upright or sideways, and you don’t have 12 or 24 hours to prep it, go ahead and open the Puro as you would any other champagne and then either decant it or serve it cloudy. The lees are harmless…But it sure is fun to discorge it in water! And yes, it is easy…especially bottles #2,3 & 4!

By: Do Bianchi

Do Bianchi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:56:33 +0000

Aleš figured out that if you disgorge in a vessel filled with water, the sediment doesn’t make a mess.

He uses the water as cooking water for pasta and claims that the minerality of the sediment is such that he doesn’t need to salt the water!

Let’s drink Puro together when you’re out here in California.

By: Brooklynguy

Brooklynguy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00:57 +0000

thanks for the added info – great video too. and i never tasted this wine, just read about it. one last question though – why the bowl of water? this isn’t used when disgorging champagne, why in this case do you use it?

By: Jack at F&B

Jack at F&B — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:45:32 +0000

I believe you should put the PURO in a fridge for an hour or two upside down, before disgorging. In general, you always want to open sparkling wine very cold because it retains more bubbles by doing so. (And, no, I don’t ever like to drink them very cold.) But, I find very good/great sparkling wines taste better/best when they’ve been open for at least one to two hours.

And, I can’t believe you let Neil taste the Movia Puro. What next…will it make his Friday Night Sparklers series?