Saint Péray Mousseux Brut - a flavoursome, bottle-fermented, dry, sparkling Marsanne with a creamy mousse and a bracing palate, complemented by a lively citric zest and pleasant toasty aromas
Three-quarters of Jean-Louis Thiers’ production, from five hectares of vines, is devoted to this terrific Saint-Péray mousseux. This is a bottle fermented pure Marsanne that never carries a vintage, as Jean-Louis believes he can offer a much more consistent wine by blending across vintages. It has double the minimum 9 month bottle-aging ‘sur lattes’ and is hand-riddled in traditional wooden A-frame pupitres prior to disgorging and bottling. It is never a heavy wine and makes for a wonderful aperitif with its delicate apple aromas and lovely, long, dry palate of white peaches and apricots.
Victoria Moore - Telegraph Weekend, 11/08/2012. says:Marsanne is an awesome grape, but little known and in effervescent form as here it is still more rare. Think peaches, almonds and a swirl of citrus. No need to be a wine bore. "A little something I picked up. The chef Rowley Leigh served it at his wedding, so if it's good enough for him..."
Marsanne is an awesome grape, but little known and in effervescent form as here it is still more rare. Think peaches, almonds and a swirl of citrus. No need to be a wine bore. "A little something I picked up. The chef Rowley Leigh served it at his wedding, so if it's good enough for him..."
Jonathan Ray - The Field Magazine, April 2012. says:This is a first-rate, 100% marsanne sparkler from the northern Rhône.
This is a first-rate, 100% marsanne sparkler from the northern Rhône.
Victoria Moore in The Guardian Weekend says:A delicious, sculpted, sparkling wine that is already on Le Café Anglais's list.
A delicious, sculpted, sparkling wine that is already on Le Café Anglais's list.
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