De Chanceny Cremant de Loire Brut

Who said you need to spend large to drink high quality French sparkling? Cremant is the absolute lesson in drinking the good stuff from France outside of the Champagne region. Think of it as a Champagne look-a-like for a fraction of the price – this is where the smart money goes!

A Gold medal winner and 95/100 at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London (the world’s most influential wine show!) as well as featuring in a Decanter article “Great-value sparkling wine: 18 bottles to try.”

The Decanter judges said “Who says good fizz needs to cost the earth? We’ve tracked down 18 delicious sparkling options just waiting to be uncorked.”

Then consider the fact this is one of the top three best-selling Crémant de Loire wines in France – you’re on to a winner!

Produced in eight Cremant appellations around France (this one is from the Loire Valley) the rules and regulations for Cremant production are only slightly less as strict as those in the Champagne region. These include things like mandatory hand harvested grapes, whole bunch pressed and no more than 100 litres of juice per 150kg of grapes.

Produced using Loire Valley Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay grapes from clay limestone soils, given a secondary fermentation in the bottle (aka Methode Traditionelle aka the same methods they use over in Champagne!), then 18 months on lees for added texture and complexity.

A very classy Champagne look-a-like sparkling at half the price.