Domaine Fichet Cremant de Bourgogne Brut NV 750ml

Domaine Fichet crafts their Crémant de Bourgogne using the traditional méthode champenoise and 100% Chardonnay from 1.5 hectares of vines. Its delicate aromas of fresh fruit and butter preview a vibrant palate with crisp acidity and minerality, plus exceptional intensity and length. Greenish-gold color appearance. The aromas are delicate, butter with slight fresh fruit aromas. Crunchy palate with touches of pineapple, melon and peach flavors. All that fruit is balanced by a bright acidity, finishing with minerality, good intensity and great length.

• Country: France
• Region: Burgundy
• Appellation: Maconnais
• Size: 750ml

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.