Cremant de Limoux Brut Cuvee Selection
Description
A full-bodied, dry sparkling wine with a fine mousse, subtle red fruit aromas and flavours and a fresh, clean finish.
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied, Sparkling
- Region: Languedoc, Limoux,
- Producer: Phillippe Collin
- Grape variety (Cépage): Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
- Cellarage: Best drunk within 2-3 years of bottling.
- Vinification: The grapes are hand-picked at optimum ripeness and are then pressed and fermented to produce a still wine. This base wine is then vinified in the Méthode Traditionelle to induce a secondary fermentation. The wine rests on its lees for at least 15 months before dégorgement and final bottling.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 12.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Crémant de Limoux Brut Cuvée Selection
If there was a contest to find the most apt wine for the current turbulent economic climate then Philippe Collin’s Crémant de Limoux Brut ‘Cuvée Selection’ would surely be a contender. Made from a ‘Champagne’ blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay and bottle-fermented in the méthode traditionelle, it is a versatile crowd-pleasing fizz that belies its modest price tag.
With a light, frothy mousse, attractive biscuity nose and crisp, dry, spankingly-clean palate, this is a terrific choice for all the occasions when budgets are abridged but bubbles are beneficial. Now exactly when is the guinea pig’s birthday?
What others think of this wine...
Reviewed in The Independent says:Yapp has uncovered a gem that sparkles in its Domaine Collin, Crémant de Limoux Selection NV, richly yeasty and as teasingly frothy as a young champagne.
Anthony Rose, The Indepedent says:This excellent southern French sparkling wine is one of the best sub-£10 fizzes on the market. It’s a bottle-fermented blend of four-fifths pinot noir and a fifth chardonnay and is rich in champagne-like biscuity personality with a suitably creamy mousse and lively tang that will grace any festive occasion.
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