J. Vignier Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Abbesses 2015 750ml

Pure Chardonnay, from a single Sézannais plot in the town of Vindey, a thousand-year-old wine village with the Latin etymological origin of “vinum dei”, or “god wine”. A unique site, grown on alluvium soil over deep chalk, this vineyard produces a self-possessed and deep champagne, marked by delicate aromas of fruits and wild flowers. 2015 marks the first vintage produced for this champagne.

• 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.