Product Profile
Domaine du Vissoux Cremant Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
Light Bodied, Dry, Sparkling, 100% Chardonnay, Drink now or keep, 12% alc.
Tasting Notes
This Crémant de Bourgogne is a dry sparkling wine made using 100% Chardonnay from a single site. In this case the vineyard is a 2.5 hectare southwest facing site on limestone-clay soil; perfect for Chardonnay. The wine is aged for 18 months, very little dosage liqueur is added, minimum sulphur is used and the wine is not fined or filtered. Already the story is ahead of a lot of Champagne these days! The wine itself is a blend of Chardonnay from 2006, 2007 and 2008. It has light airy bubbles and fresh, lively elegance and finesse. The palate has plenty of floral and citrus flavours, a chalky minerality and a lovely persistent finish. Great as an aperitif or with poultry, scallops and fish.
Producer
Domaine du Vissoux
Owners Pierre-Marie and Martine Chermette were among the first in Beaujolais to use sustainable agricultural practices, shunning the use of any chemicals on the vineyard and encouraging as much life in the soil as possible. They prune hard to keep yields low, harvest by hand when the grapes are fully ripe and sometimes carry out ‘green harvests’ to further reduce the yields and ensure full ripeness for the harvest. The wines are made with minimal intervention: wild yeasts and no filtering if possible. Not only do the Chermettes produce outstanding Beaujolais from the crus of Moulin à Vent, Brouilly and Fleurie, but Pierre-Marie is now also producing some Cremant Blanc de Blancs - which are absolutely superb!