# 02 Process Step 3 — Bottle Aging & Dégorgement: Cava — El Celestial Ouroboros Mark III

## Process Summary

Crown-capped bottle secondary fermentation → 36 months sur lattes at 12–14°C → remuage → dégorgement (glycol bath) → zero dosage → final cork and capsule.

## Process Stages

1. **Bottling under crown cap** — tirage wine with EC1118 + sugar
2. **Sur lattes** — horizontal aging, 12–14°C, **36 months** (4× Cava DO minimum)
3. **Autolysis** — progressive manoprotein release; reductive to mineral evolution
4. **Remuage** — bottles rotated to collect sediment in neck
5. **Dégorgement** — necks frozen in glycol bath; sediment plug expelled
6. **Zero dosage** — bottle topped with same disgorged wine (Brut Nature)
7. **Final closure** — cork and capsule; wire cage
8. **Release** — sensory and chemical analysis confirms Brut Nature profile

## Assets

| Filename | Description | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| [Ancestral Trepat bottling](/wine-portfolio/process/ancestral-bottling.mp4) | Bottling line reference (Ancestral same-day line — Cava uses same line) | Bottling |
| [Bottling process Trepat Ancestral](/wine-portfolio/process/ancestral-bottling.mp4) | Trepat bottling process reference | Bottling |
| [Deguelle Removing sediment Ancestral](/wine-portfolio/process/ancestral-disgorgement.mp4) | Dégorgement reference (same process for Cava) | Dégorgement |
| [Ancestral](/wine-portfolio/process/ancestral-real-bottles.webp) | Ancestral bottle (visual reference for the Symbiogenesis bottle aesthetic) | Release |
| `Half bottle Ancestral` | Half bottle — color clarity reference | Release |
| `Three wines` | Three wines portfolio shot — Cava among them | Release |
| `Three bottles of Ancestral at the table` | Three bottles lifestyle shot | Release |
| `Almost empty glass of Ancestral` | Glass with color reference | Service |
| `Pooring Ancestral Trying wine` | Pour and tasting reference | Tasting |
| `Trying Ancestral` | Tasting | Tasting |
| `Trying Ancestral at Avgvstvs` | Trade tasting | Trade |
| `Trying Ancestral at Avgvstvs 2` | Trade tasting take 2 | Trade |
| `drops_of_wine` | Drop reference | Service |
| [wine_dropping](/wine-portfolio/process/trepat-pressing.mp4) | Pour reference | Service |
| [wine_dropping_drops](/wine-portfolio/process/trepat-pressing-drops.mp4) | Drop sequence | Service |
| `Trepat_magic_reveal` | Cinematic reveal — useful for marketing | Marketing |
| `Garnaxa_Verdu_magic_reveal 3` | Garnatxa reveal — assemblage marketing | Marketing |