J. L. Vergnon Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Eloquence NV 750ml

This offers super fresh, sliced lemon and grapefruit aromas with flowers and biscuity notes. The palate has a crisp, extra-brut punch with plenty of ripe-fruit flavors, in the citrus and peach zone. Sorbet-like finish. Very expressive, drinkable blanc de blancs. Drink now. Disgorged October 2018.

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol by Vol: 12.0%

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.