adjective
definition
(of champagne) very dry, and not sweet
Examples of brut in a Sentence
This conformity allows you to purchase a sparkling wine made anywhere in the world and know its sugar level if it says Brut on the label.
Check out their Brut Rose, yummy and toasty.
Veuve Cliquot Brut Yellow Label Champagne is a nice choice - it's moderately priced and almost universally good.
In the next century the influence of Geoffrey is unmistakably attested by the Brut of Layamon, and the rhyming English chronicle of Robert of Gloucester.
From this point he follows closely the Brut of Wace.
See Wace, Le Roman de Brut, ed.
His Brut or Geste des Bretons (Le Roux de Lincy, 1836-1838, 2 vols.), written in 1155, is merely a translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
This "Brut" is unknown; but the reference has been held by some to be to (3) a Troy-book, based on Guido da Colonna's Historia Destructionis Troiae.
Other authorities are the Chronicles of Walsingham and Otterbourne, the English Chronicle or Brut, and the various London Chronicles.
For wines exported to England very little liqueur is employed; in the case of some wines, known as Brut or Nature, none at all is added.
Though French was still the language of the court and of law, a new literature was already growing up in the native tongue, with such works as Layamons Brut and the Ormulum as its first fruits.
Wace's second work, the Roman de Rou, written between 1160 and 1174, has a less fabulous character than the Brut, being a chronicle of the Norman dukes from Rollo to Robert Curthose.
In fact, Tom Cox can still catch a whiff of Brut off him from here.. .
The list of imitators begins with Geoffrey Gaimar, the author of the Estorie des Engles (c. '11' 4 7), and Wace, whose Roman de Brut (1155) is partly a translation and partly a free paraphrase of the Historia.
In fact, Tom Cox can still catch a whiff of Brut off him from here...
The Natural is sold in limited amounts outside their tasting room, and their Brut is the most popular selling sparkling wine in the United States today.
Check out the trio of Sparkling Wines from Domaine Carneros, Brut, Rosé and Le Reve Blanc de Blancs presented in a high class wooden display box.
Dry, sparkling wines such as Champagne or other sparkling wine made in the Méthode Champenoise or Charmat method utilize the term Brut to indicate the relative sweetness of the wine.
The Brut designation describes the level of sugar in the wines.
The European Union (EU) sets the sugar level at which a wine can list Brut on the label.
Extra Brut contains less than 6 grams of sugar per liter.
Brut contains less than 12 grams of sugar per liter.
Sparkling wines containing more than 12 grams of sugar per liter are not designated as Brut.
While not all wines produced outside of Europe follow EU guidelines in winemaking, any winemaker outside of Europe who labels a wine with a Brut designation must conform to EU guidelines.