£24.30 per bottle
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Traditional method sparkling with appealing richness and small fine bubbles.
The Aubrion family have run this small Right Bank estate since 1998, when Virginie Aubrion and her family took over the dilapidated farmhouse and surrounding land. Indomitable and determined matriarch Virginie, has always been the winemaker here and now shares the work of running the estate with her son Corentin, with other family members lending a hand as and when they can.
Their aim has always been to return their home to its original state as a farm and their commitment to biodiversity is very much enhanced by their menagerie of sheep, pigs, chickens, horses, donkeys and ducks. Michel the mallard, family favourite and mascot of the estate oversees the winemaking at every stage and can be seen on the labels of their cuvée des Potes range. The wines are hand-made and artisanal and sit on the "natural" side of the fence but are still very proper and crafted rather than "funky". Grapes are all organic, harvesting is by hand, The wine is made using the traditional method with fermentation on lees in sandstone amphoras/Fermented in a stoneware egg and the secondary fermentation in the bottle.. The wine spends one year on the lees in bottle before disgorging.
Tasting Note: A rich and luxurious style of Crémant with baking spices, baked apple and stone fruit, the Colombard adding lift and acidity, all topped off with a dash of savoury salinity. Small fine bubbles lend a creamy, mousse-like texture.
Food Match: Aperitif or smoked salmon blinis.
Drink Now – 2027
