Cedric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Blancs La Haut Lemble 2012 750ml

The 2012 La Haute Lemblé Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay Millésime (disgorged in April 2016) has a deep, rich and super ripe Chardonnay bouquet, with chalk and a hint of cassis. On the palate, this is a very pure and elegant, but also rich Blanc de Blancs with a long, dense and complex finish. It would be too rich as an aperitif, but perfect with white meat and fish.

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• 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.