Question: Why is the base wine, for Champagne generally, made from grapes that are less ripe than would be used for still white wine? Select all

Why is the base wine, for Champagne generally, made from grapes that are less ripe than would be used for still white wine? Select all that apply.

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Without low initial sugar content in the fruit, the wine would have too high a final alcohol after the secondary fermentation

Grape aromas are generally at their highest the earlier the fruit is harvested

The low pH helps to ensure that spoilage microbes do not grow

Lots of malic acid is needed, to be converted by malolactic bacteria into CO2

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