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Riddling

The process of turning a bottle of sparkling wine-in-the-making in a certain way, so as to migrate the lees in the bottle into the neck and against the cork. The bottles are initially tilted downward at a 45-degree angle and every third day are given a slight shake, turned a quarter-turn, and dropped back into the riddling rack. The process takes 6-8 weeks to complete unless extended bottle-aging sur lie is undertaken. See Remuage.

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