Mousseux (Brésil)

Sparkling wines from Brazil take on many different styles and flavors depending on what grapes are used and how it's made. Some are produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes, using the traditional method, just as Champagne is made in France. Others have employed the use of Glera grapes, making them in the tank method (or charmat method) like the lightly bubbly Prosecco wines from Italy. And a third variety is Moscato, produced in the popular fizzy style with high acidity and moderate sweetness. Expect flavors of green apple, ripe pear, even lemon and lime citrus, as well as riper peach and tropical fruit, right along with an array of white floral notes. Those produced in the traditional method will show off flavors of toasted brioche, imparted by the yeast used to make the wine. Sparkling wines from Brazil may be greener, more herbaceous, and have more intense and bolder flavors than other bubbly counterparts made around the world. In Brazil, the Serra Gaúcha region near the border of Argentina and Uruguay is where most of the country's sparkling wine is produced.