Langlois-Chateau Cremant de Loire Brut Reserve NV 750ml

An inviting, juicy sparkler, offering ripe apple and orchard fruit backed by toasted brioche notes. Veers toward off-dry opulence, with lemony acidity and bitter mineral elements shoring up the full finish, where there’s a whiff of smoke. Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2030. 3,750 cases imported.

• Country: France
• Region: Loire Valley
• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol by Vol: 12.5%

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.