The world's first and original brut sparkling wine was discovered by happy accident - or by divine intervention - at a Benedictine monastery in Limoux in 1531, over a century before Dom Pérignon reputedly took the recipe up to Champagne. By the 19th century, Blanquette was enjoying worldwide popularity, from the White House in Washington to the palace of the Czars in St Petersburg. One of its biggest fans was Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, author of its Declaration of Independence, and certainly his country's greatest and most famous wine connoisseur. At the time of his death, about 10% of his legendary wine cellar at Monticello was filled with Blanquette de Limoux, the only sparkling wine kept there.

The world's oldest sparkler is still made to this very day only in Limoux, under the strictest AOC rules. Blanquette de Limoux is the oldest appellation in Languedoc-Roussillon, and one of the first in France. It has the lowest permitted maximum yield of any sparkling wine in the country, and is made exclusively from hand harvested grapes.

"Terrific value"
Wine Enthusiast

"Creamily delicious"
Daily Telegraph

Gold Medal, Logis de France;
Silver Medal, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles;
Silver Medal, Competition of the Great Wines of Languedoc-Roussillon
Bronze Medal, International Wine & Spirits Competition;
Commended, Decanter World Wine Awards;
One Star, Guide Hachette

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