Louis de Grenelle 3/7.7.4 Brut Nature NV

Louis de Grenelle 3/7.7.4 Brut Nature is a long aged, zero dosage traditional method sparkling wine from Saumur in the Loire Valley.

Louis de Grenelle is one of the historic sparkling houses of Saumur, working from cellars cut deep into the tuffeau limestone beneath the town, where constant cool temperature and humidity allow very long ageing on lees. Saumur sits on the same chalky tuffeau that gives the wines their firm, mineral spine, and Chenin Blanc is the backbone grape here, usually supported by Chardonnay for breadth. This cuvee is built on a single older base year, held for many years in the cellar and disgorged without any dosage, so the wine arrives bone dry and depends entirely on ripeness of fruit and autolytic character from extended lees contact for its texture.

Bracing and savoury rather than fruity, it is an apertif style that also handles oysters, shellfish and hard cheeses; serve well chilled at around 8 degrees.

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