Domaine Rosier Jean Philippe Brut 2017
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Ideal as an aperitif with ‘fruits de mer’ throughout the meal.
Their first "cuvée" was created in 1983 with a production of 600 bottles. The following year, 6000 bottles were produced under the ‘appellation’ Blanquette de Limoux. Today, they produce 650,000 bottles of Blanquette de Limoux and Crémant de Limoux in a newly designed, ultra-modern ‘Chai’ (wine production plant and storehouse) and have established a presence outside France in sixteen countries around the world.
The Blanquette de Limoux is undoubtedly one of the oldest sparkling wines in the world. Records show that monks from the town of St. Hilaire started producing it in 1531. The vineyards of Limoux are situated in the far western corner of the Languedoc region at altitudes varying between 200 and 600 meters.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
Blanquette de Limoux AOC wines preserve the Limousin tradition of making sparkling winennamely from the local Mauzac grape. Made in the labor-intensive Méthode Traditionelle (the same used in Champagne) which produces the finest sparkling wines, their grapes come from high-altitude Pyrenean vineyards where the cool air lets the grapes retain the acidity necessary to make a good bubblies. Leaner than their Crémant de Limoux cousins (which are made of Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay), they show crisp apple and pear, balanced by a warm yeasty character. Representing a centuries-old heritage in sparklers, these wines can be great values.