Dsicover Sparkling Wine from Carcassonne

Sample a truly outstanding style of sparkling wine (available in the UK exclusively through Lime Cross Nursery- for now) at our try before you buy wine tasting. 
Ever want something different from Champagne, Prosecco or Cava.. well... here is the answer. 

Our dear conifer producing friends at Pépinière des Laurains who are located close to the Champagne region of France, are also producers of outstanding sparkling and still wine. Ironically not from Champagne, but from Limoux in the south which is close to the medieval city of Carcassonne. 

They make two sparkling wines and one still. The first sparkling in a Blanquette de Limoux, which is made in a very similar way to Champagne; in style it is more fruit driven as well as being refined and complex in the same way as Champagne. Their  Blanquette méthode ancestrale, as the name suggests is produced using an ancient method invented in 1531, the result is a low ABV wine of 8% and higher sugar, this wine is heavenly, an explosion of apple pie, caramel and biscuit with a zippy acidity to balance it out, great for starting the night with or finishing it with a dessert. The third wine is their still Chardonnay, which is full-bodied, elegant and super smooth, a real food wine that will work with chicken and fish dishes.
Price TBC- approx £15.00/ btl.