of champagne
: very dry
specifically : being the driest made by the producer

brut

2 of 2

noun

plural bruts
: a very dry champagne or sparkling wine
Pair smoked salmon with … a brut that's not too dry.Roger Voss
Half the wines were non-vintage bruts, the best-established brands and a few newer entries.Thomas Matthews

Examples of brut in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Adjective
Reserva de la Familia is its most personal cuvée, its great ambassador in the world of brut natures. Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Select non-vintage ones that are brut with elegant profiles, citrus and mineral notes, and save Champagne with rich, creamy and yeasty styles for colder weather. Peg San Felippo, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Noun
Femme de Champagne Brut Grand Cru, Champagne Duval-Leroy This non-vintage brut has a base wine from 2020. Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 For the ever-important clink of the glasses, there’s French champagne and Anderson Valley brut as well as sparkling wine concoctions, such as a sage and honey-pear cocktail. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for brut 

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

borrowed from French, "unprocessed, gross, (of wine) having little or no sugar added during secondary fermentation," earlier, "rough, brutish," going back to Middle French — more at brute entry 1

Noun

borrowed from French, derivative of brut brut entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

1891, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brut was in 1881

Dictionary Entries Near brut

Cite this Entry

“Brut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brut. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

More from Merriam-Webster on brut

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!