The WineYou'd be forgiven if you thought this wine was ddominated by Pinot, given its a blush wine and Pinot is the only red in the assemblage. But Pinot makes up less than 20% of this wine, a blend of Chardonnay, Mauzac, Chenin Blanc and Pinot Noir.
The term "Cremant" is applied in France for a sparkling wine made using the traditional Champenoise technique when crafted by a producer outside the demarcated area of Champagne. In this case, the wine is grown and produced in Limoux (lee moo), part of the Languedoc region of Southern France.
Produced in the traditional style and eschewing the use of oak in any part of the production, this wine completed secondary fermentation in the bottle and aged on the lees for a year before being prepared for sale.
The Winery
Producing wine for many hundreds of years, Limoux is located in the South of France, near Montpellier, Carcassonne and Toulouse. Since 1531 the region has produced "Blanquette de Limox" in the cellars of Benedictine St. Hilaire Abbey. Blanquette de Limox is crafted from the local for eons, using the local Mauzac grape. In 1990, the region codified the "Crémant de Limoux", produced from Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Mauzac +/or Pinot Noir.
