Louis de Grenelle Saumur Blanc Brut Ivoire NV

Louis de Grenelle Ivoire is a Saumur Brut made entirely from Chenin Blanc and aged in the house's limestone cellars.

Louis de Grenelle is one of the last independent sparkling houses in Saumur, working from cellars cut fifteen metres beneath the town into the soft tuffeau limestone, where temperature and humidity stay constant year round. Saumur Brut is a traditional-method appellation built on Chenin Blanc grown on chalky clay over that same tuffeau. Ivoire is the house's Chenin-only cuvée: the base wine is fermented dry, bottled for its second fermentation and left a long time on lees in the galleries before riddling and disgorging, which is what gives the wine its fine bead and gently bready weight. Chenin Blanc keeps a firm acidity even when fully ripe, so the extra time in the cellar rounds the wine without blunting its line.

Dry, taut and citrus-edged, it suits oysters, river fish and goat's cheese as readily as the aperitif; serve at six to eight degrees.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.