Sparkling Flashcards
Ca Del Bosco
Not tasted
Standard bearer producer
Rare
Blossom, yellow pear, fruit, brioche, smoke, minerals
75% chard, pinot noir and pinot bianco
Award winning and world’s top
Sea Smoke
Not tasted
Coveted plot: south facing bluffs get sun exposure cooled by marine layer
Sustainable and biodynamic, allocated
Trad method
Blueberries, rising dough
Nino Franco
Not tasted
Fragrant, delicate, apples and pears, crisp
Prestigious subregion
Charmat region
Hand picked, one of best values
One of oldest wineries family owned
Relio
Not tasted
Steepest slopes
85% glera, 15% chard and pinot bianco
Delicate fruity, floral
Hand harvested
Greenapple, honey suckle
Bisol one of biggest names in Prosecco; 500 years
Organic
Emmolo
60% Chardonnay
40% Pinot Noir
Wagner family
White flower, biscotti, ripe pear
Nicolas Feuillate
40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier, 20% Chard
Gets premier / grand cru fruit
1976 Association of Growers
Dried pear, apple, almonds, hazelnuts, fruitcake
CM (Cooperative Manipulant)
Laherte Freres
Est 1889
60% Meunier, 30% Chard, 10% Pinot Noir
Organic and biodynamic
Sought after
Smoke from Meunier; earthy
Saint Hilaire Blanquette de Limoux Blanc de Blancs
Languedoc-Roussillon subregion. Near Pyrenees (Spanish border) as well as Mediterranean in Southern France. In the foothills with higher elevation and less influence from the Mediterranean.
It is claimed that Blanquette de Limoux pre-dates Champagne as the oldest sparkling wine in the world. We know that in 1531, the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire were already producing Blanquette de Limoux which certainly makes it France’s Oldest Sparkling Wine preceding Champagne by more than a century.
Among his other talents, the third American President was an expert on French Wines and Blanquette de Limoux, one of his favorites, was an integral part of his wine cellar. In fact, President Jefferson was probably the first person to bring the wine to America.
This is a crisp and inviting sparkling wine, with bright notes of citrus and apple that are accented by hints of toast.
Traditional Method
90% Mauzac 5% Chenin Blanc 5%Chardonnay
Raventos i Blanc ‘De Nit’ Rosado 2018
Established in 1497. Penedes
21 generations in single family; one of Europe’s oldest
Raventos family responsible for introducing sparkling
Were the ones to include Macabeo, Xarello and Parellada varieties – use Monastrell – cava only white
High mineral expression
Biodynamic
Native varieties
Vintage
18 months on lees
Estate (“grower”)
Llicorella: under the ocean for 4million years until 16 million years ago
Azienda Agricola Divella ‘Dady’ Spumante Dosaggio Zero 2017
Declassified Franciacorta
Alessandra Divella: only female Franciacorta winemaker with familial ties or history in winemaking
Grower
48 months on the lees
Organic, no fining or filtering
Brioche and limestone
Indigenous yeasts
Golden color with nice phenols from extended maceration
Partial freeze in disgorgement leaves texture and sediment
Zero dosage
Inflorescence
Organic, no herbicides
All done by hand
2/3 Pinot Noir, 1/3 Chard
Cherry pit, cut flowers, minerals
Drappier
Pinot Noir dominant (45%)
Low sulfur, low dosage
Cellars built by Cistercian monks from Clairvaux, dating back to 1152
Rich apple and toast
Lhuilier
Grower champagne
Brandied fruits
Good value
Charles Heidseck
Est 1852
Famed wine personality
Brioche, vanilla cream
40% Chard, 40% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Meunier
Louis Roderer
Famous for Cristal
Once the choice of the Russian family
Chalky white cherries, beeswax, pineapple
Reserve perpetuelle (older harvests topped up like solera system); 5 back vintages
Number plus 1776 is the year of bottling
