Winery Expert ClubBlanquette de Limoux Demi-Sec
Sparkling wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Expert Club's Blanquette de Limoux Demi-Sec.
Discover the grape variety: Merlese
Colourful, simple fruity reds with a deep purple colour, soft tannins and an airy palate with moderate acidity, red and black fruit aromas. Productive. Grown in small quantities in France for IGP wines, contributes to southern blends and belongs to modern intraspective hybrids aimed at accessible table wine production. French black variety obtained by complex crossing.
Informations about the Winery Expert Club
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The wine region of Blanquette de Limoux
France's first sparkling AOC (1938, predating Champagne): Mauzac signature sparkling white king (≥90%, 'blanquette' for white down on leaf underside) complemented by Chenin and Chardonnay — traditional or ancestral method (bottling March descending moon, 100% Mauzac) signatures, light profile with very fine bubbles and typical green apple and pear notes, delicate sweetness. Mediterranean influences and Pyrenean freshness, slow ripening.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Assembly
Blending of several wines to obtain a single batch. Using wines of the same origin, blending is very different from coupage - a mixture of wines from different origins - which has a pejorative connotation.
