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Describes the taste of sparkling wine, Sekt, or champagne as very dry. Wines with this label have a very low residual sugar content.
Ich bevorzuge Champagner, der als 'brut' klassifiziert ist, weil er nicht so süß schmeckt.
I prefer champagne classified as 'brut' because it doesn't taste so sweet.
The word 'brut' comes from French and is used in German as a fixed term. It is not declined like a normal adjective when it comes before a noun.
Wir trinken heute einen Brut Champagner.
We're drinking a brut champagne today.
'Brut' (brut) almost always comes after the noun or stands alone as a label. You say 'Der Sekt ist brut' (the sparkling wine is brut), but not 'ein bruter Sekt'.
Dieser Prosecco ist brut, also nicht süß.
This Prosecco is brut, so it is not sweet.
This term is used exclusively for sparkling wines. Typical combinations are 'Sekt brut' (brut Sekt), 'Champagner brut' (brut champagne), or 'Prosecco brut' (brut Prosecco).
Zum Anstoßen haben wir einen Sekt brut gekauft.
For the toast, we bought a brut Sekt.
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Trocken generally describes a non-sweet taste in alcoholic drinks. Brut, by contrast, specifically refers to very dry sparkling wine, Sekt, or champagne with very little residual sugar. Use trocken for an ordinary wine; for appropriately labeled sparkling wine, use Brut.
Zum Anstoßen wählt sie einen Sekt Brut, weil sie sehr trockenen Schaumwein mag.
She chooses brut Sekt for the toast because she likes very dry sparkling wine.
Zum Essen wählt sie einen trockenen Weißwein, weil sie keinen süßen Wein mag.
She chooses a dry white wine with her meal because she does not like sweet wine.
