Hattingley Valley Brut Blanc de Blancs 2014 750ml

#54 ENTHUSIAST 100 2022. This is a vibrant and beautifully crafted blanc de blancs. Aromas of lemon, pear and green apple float from the glass, followed by more delicate floral notes. There’s a backbone of biscuit and cream. Mouthwatering acidity rushes across the tongue at first sip, hitting the back of the mouth and taking the citrus and orchard fruit notes along for the ride. Textural with length, depth and a slightly saline, yeasty finish, this is an elegant and versatile food wine.

• Country: England
• 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.