Description
This traditional method chenin blanc is sourced from clay and flint soils in Vernou sur brenne and Chancay. The grapes undergo a slow and gentle press cycle before cold settling in stainless steel, after which the wine begins to ferment with ambient yeast. After an elevage of approximately 4 months in stainless steel the wine spends a minimum of 30 months sur latte.
- Country: France
- Region: Loire Valley
- Appellation: Vouvray/Touraine
- Size: 750ml
- Alcohol by Vol: 12.5%
Varietal
Champagne Blend
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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