Antech Blanquette de Limoux Grand Reserve 2004
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A crisp and smooth sparkler that will be great for any festivity or celebration.
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Release Notes:
Basking in the Mediterranean sunlight of Limoux, the vineyards of Georges and Roger Antech grow in a soil that is a mixture of limestone and gravel. This area had been making sparkling wines for 500 years - far longer than the more famous Champagne. The grapes are hand harvested before undergoing the traditional "Methode Champenoise," and are then aged 18 to 24 months on lees. This delivious Grande Reserve is their top-of-the-line wine... and yet it costs only half as much as a good Champagne.
Tasting Notes:
This southern French sparkler is a delicate wine with fine, soft bubbles. It is fresh on the palate with mouth-filling white fruit flavor (apricots, pears and figs), refreshing acidity and a long fruit finish. Perfect on its own or with turkey, salmon (and other heavier seafoods), and goat cheeses.
Winery:
Fifth generation winemakers, Roger and Georges Antech, inherited the ancient craft of making Blanquette, the original French bubbly that predates Dom Perignon's "discovery" of Champagne by over 150 years. The... Read more
Region:
The Languedoc (or Pays d’Oc) region is in the heart of southern France, lying along the Mediterranean Sea and just east of Provence. The hot, dry climate produces powerful, spicy and... Read more
Vineyards in the rolling hills of Pays d’Oc.
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