DuoMa Valle de Guadalupe Pet Nat Vino Espumoso Blanco 2023 750ml

As clean and refreshing as it is rustic and ageless, this is a sparkling wine made in the ancient sparking wine method developed by French monks called Petillant Naturel where the wine is bottled before fermentation is complete. As the juice continues to ferment the CO2 released is forced into the wine resulting in the most delicate and refreshing bubbles in the glass. While many wines made in this style go to market with all of the sediment left over from the fermentation process still in the bottle, Eliecer and Carla used a method of sediment removal called “method ancestral” each bottle is skillfully opened by hand for just for an instant and then recapped. In the glass this wine erupts with notes of dried pineapple, melon and candied fruits, an experience that is followed up with a mouthful of crisp citrus fruits, lemon peel, and fresh baked bread. Very difficult to drink this wine without smiling.

• Country: Mexico
• Region: Baja California
• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol by Vol: 11.5%

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.