Cava Winery settles sediment at the top of the bottle

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Do you know why they would do this? The only reason I can think of is to reduce surface area of lees to liquid.

It's stored in the bottle for 5 years.
 
Is this the fizzy sort of Cava you're referring too?

If so is the same process as Champagne, the bottle is inverted and regularly rotated to get all the sediment to settle in the neck. The neck of the bottle is then frozen, cap removed, ice plug with all the sediment in it is removed, then tapered cork is inserted and wire cage fitted.
 
Thanks for your reply. That's a very interesting way of sorting out sediment! It is a fizzy kind so it probably is the same.
 

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