Allison Levine, owner of Please the Plate, freelance writer, and host of the podcast Wine Soundtrack USA, provides a most helpful guide to all things sparkling wines. While most consumers opt for champagne, the crème d la crème of the category, wine lovers should seek out more varieties in the vast world of sparkling wines. Levine exclaims that, “there are fabulous sparkling wines made around the world that are not only lovely to drink but can be more affordable than Champagne.”
Included in her guide are two wines from Langlois-Chateau, the Crémant de Loire Brut NV and the Crémant de Loire Brut Rosé NV. Like champagne, both wines are made in the Traditional Method, in which second fermentation happens inside the bottle and the subsequent lees are disgorged. Both wines received rave reviews, with the Brut being described as “medium-bodied wine has a crisp, mineral finish” and the Rosé receiving high praise, ” light-bodied with a crisp, refreshing yet delicate finish.”
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Langlois
Langlois Crémant de Loire Brut Rosé NV
Loire Valley, France
Based on Cabernet Franc with some Pinot Noir, this bright, juicy Crémant sees 12-15 hours of skin contact to achieve its pretty pale pink color. It ages for at least 18 months on the lees, disgorged sooner than Langlois’ other Crémants to preserve its freshness and color.
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Langlois
Loire Valley, France
Langlois owns and manages 175 acres of the best AOC vineyards in the Loire Valley. Their Crémants are produced with standards far beyond the appellation requirements and even beyond Champagne AOC standards. They have an intensely terroir-focused approach of drawing the best characteristics from six distinct vineyards areas and soil types. The result is Méthode Champenoise wines of incredible finesse, further elevated by the expertise of the Bollinger Groupe, who acquired the estate in 1973 (their very first investment outside of Champagne).
