Goutorbe Bouillot Champagne Brut Reflets de Riviere NV 750ml

A well-cut, chalky Champagne, offering flavors of kumquat, white cherry and almond biscotti. The firm edges are nicely swathed and balanced by the fine mousse, and a streak of salinity drives the finish. Disgorged February 2018. Drink now through 2021. 1,833 cases made, 500 cases imported.

• 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.