Langlois Chateau Cremant de Loire Brut 75cl

Description

New Listing. Price £17.50.Special Offer. Buy 6 Bottles for £15.00 each. Save £15 .00 !!   Tasting Notes:Light yellow colour with fine, delicate bubbles. A complex nose mixing different fruits such as quince, peach and grapefruit lead to a fresh finish with a delicate and refined mouth-feel. How to serve:The freshness, fine bubbles and elegance of our Langlois Crémant de Loire Blanc Brut make it an excellent wine for receptions and ceremonies. Grape Variety:60% Chenin Blanc 20% Chardonnay 20% Cabernet-Franc Review:“Fresh orchard fruit aromas burst from the glass of this easy-drinking Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay blend. In the mouth it is honeyed and balanced with an Old World feel. A good-value winter party fizz from a Bollinger-owned estate.”Susie Barrie MW, Decanter, November 2013  Production:The grapes used to make Crémant de Loire Brut come from 6 quality terroirs: Côtes de Saumur, Coteaux de St Léger, Puy Notre Dame, Bas Layon, Haut Layon and Montreuil Bellay all of which have predominantly chalky soils.

The grapes are entirely hand-picked in small 25kg crates and a pneumatic press is used immediately after gathering (160kg of grapes gives 100l of juice).
During vinification grape varieties and terroir are separated in thermoregulated stainless steel tanks and it is the taste of the clear, unblended wines which determines the final mix (the best vintages using around 10% of reserve wines).
The second fermentation is drawn in the bottle and the wine is matured on the lees for a minimum of 24 months in the wineries freestone cellars.
Loire Valley, France:
Known as The Garden of France, the Loire Valley is plentiful in ?ora and fauna. The history of winemaking in the region stretches back to 500 AD, with the vines in Sancerre among the first to be officially recognised.
At the heart of Sancerre is Château de Fontaine Audon, a stunning 15 hectare vineyard with characteristic ‘Silex’ soils, owned by Langlois-Chateau, and one of only four châteaux in the Sancerre region. This site, along with four others in some of the Loire’s most prestigious appellations, form the 73 hectares of Langlois-Chateau’s vineyard holdings.
Their Saumur vineyard was one of the first in France to receive the Terra Vitis certification, which guarantees the vines are grown, and wines produced, with the utmost respect for nature and the environment. Translated from Latin, it reveals the inseparable link between terroir and vine.
With a romantic family history behind it, Langlois-Chateau, founded following the marriage of Edouard Langlois and Jeanne Chateau in 1885, has been specialising in the sparkling wines of the Loire for more than 130 years.
Today, under the watchful eye of François-Régis de Fougeroux, elegant sparkling Crémant de Loire wines are expertly crafted from the chalky Silex soils, with grapes hand-picked before vinification by varietal and terroir.

The blending process can include up to 10% of reserve wines, before a minimum of 24 months ageing in Langlois-Chateau’s freestone cellars at their historical St-Hilaire St-Florent site overlooking the Loire River. The result is a Crémant that is emblematic of the region; charmingly re?ned, fresh and structured.