The starting point, when talking about Champagne maturation, is a base wine made from grapes harvested in the Champagne region in the northern part of France. The wine has at this point undergone the first fermentation, which is the alcoholic fermentation.
Champagne goes through three different phases in terms of storage and maturation:
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