Vins Blancs


 

Blanquette de Limoux

 

 

 

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.

 

White Wines

 

 

 

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 mauzac grapes, a rare grape variety that dates back to the Renaissance and has been growing in Limoux for over six hundred years

 


great champagne substitute

 

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

 

90% Mauzac, 10% Chardonnay/Chenin blanc
Whole, unblemished grapes harvested by hand, and pressed in under two hours of harvesting. Separate vinification of each grape variety. Fermented at 14 °C. in stainless steel vats with a second fermentation in the bottle. Yield: 45 hl/ha. Dosage: 5 gm/l; minimum 15 months on the lees.

All Our Wines

Chardonnay (AOP Limoux)  -  Chenin Blanc (AOP Limoux)

Mauzac (AOP Limoux) - La Trilogie (AOP Limoux)

AOP Blanquette de Limoux    Blanc de Blancs (AOP Cremant)    Vintage Rose (AOP Cremant)

Late Harvest Wine        Chardonnay du Domaine (IGP Pays d'Oc)      Sauvignon (IGP Pays d'Oc)