Wine style
Crémant de Loire
Loire sparkling made exclusively by a second fermentation in bottle, usually led by Chenin Blanc. It spends at least nine months on the lees, the spent yeast, and at least twelve months from tirage, the bottling step that begins the second fermentation, before release.
Where it is
Map data: INAO (Licence Ouverte 2.0); Natural Earth
At a glance
- Grapes
- Chenin Blanc led, with Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and others
- Where
- Anjou, Saumur and Touraine, in the Loire Valley
- In the glass
- Green apple
- White flowers
- High acidity