Winemaker Notes
The Chenin and Chardonnay grapes bring texture and balance, with the Chardonnay also providing the fine bubbles. The Chenin adds vivacity and enhances the impressive longevity of the Crémant. Crémant Thomas Jefferson reveals a beautiful, golden yellow robe. Complex, aromatic nose revealing hints of white flower, honey, green apple, and toast. Crisp, elegant structure on the palate, where the fine texture of the bubbles complements the wine’s naturally. Perfect as an aperitif or matched with goat’s cheese (Cabecou, Pelardon, Rocamadour…) and sweet desserts.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Gérard Bertrand Héritage Crémant de Limoux Brut is pleasing and true-to-type. TASTING NOTES: This wine deftly combines aromas and flavors of dried earth, sandalwood, and ripe fruit. Enjoy it with grilled chicken thighs. (Tasted: July 22, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
An appellation in the cooler, elevated, southern Languedoc and internationally recognized for its sparkling wines, Cremant de Limoux by definition must be comprised predominantly of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc with only miniscule amounts of the indigenous white variety, Mauzac.
This is in contrast to the more regional sparkler, Blanquette de Limoux, created from mainly Mauzac with tiny amounts of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc.