Winemaker Notes
This Crémant is made with a smart blend of 1/3 Chardonnay, 1/3 Pinot Noir and 1/3 Pinot Blanc. The nose has fresh white flowers aromas and hints of pastry. With a nice balance and fine bubbles, this Crémant will satisfy your palate with its fruity side, its great freshness and its beautiful length. All wines from JB Adam are Bio-dynamically farmed.
Organically grown
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
If you like lighter, fresher-style champagnes, then you should enjoy this Alsace Crémant a lot. I like the delicate apple, pear and berry notes, as much as the elegant, medium body and the long, clean finish that pulls you back to the glass for more. A blend of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot blanc. From organically grown grapes. Drink now.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The Jean-Baptist Adam Les Natures Crémant d'Alsace shows that this important area for French sparkling wines fares well in the ultra-competitive arena of world class bubbles. The wine is at once on point—showing fresh apple, peach, and mineral—as well as offering complex nuances of savory herbs and a pleasing earthiness. The flavors suggest a pairing with rabbit terrine. (Tasted: August 29, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
A term typically reserved for Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply “NV” on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage Champagne, typically the current year’s harvest (in other words, the current vintage) forms the base of the blend. Finished wines from previous years, called “vins de reserve” are blended in at approximately 10-50% of the total volume in order to achieve the flavor, complexity, body and acidity for the desired house style. A tiny proportion of Champagnes are made from a single vintage.
There are also some very large production still wines that may not claim one particular vintage. This would be at the discretion of the winemaker’s goals for character of the final wine.
Small but mighty, this picturesque region in northeastern France is renowned for its white wines produced by passionate families whose winemaking roots span generations and even centuries. Nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River, Alsace benefits from a sunny, dry climate and a long growing season. It is one of the most geologically diverse regions in the world — one of the many reasons why Alsace rocks!
Alsace wines include dry, mineral-driven Riesling, earthy Pinot Gris, refreshing Pinot Blanc, exuberant Gewurztraminer, elegant Pinot Noir, and more. From traditional-method sparkling wines to easy-drinking AOC Alsace, to complex Grand Cru bottlings from 51 distinct sites, and rich, late harvest wines, Alsace produces a wine for every occasion. Most Alsace wines are single-varietal bottlings and are labeled with the grape name. The region is also one of the greenest wine-producing areas in France, with 36% of its vineyard area certified organic.
Riesling, the region’s calling card, is dry, fresh and floral in its youth, developing complex mineral and flint character with age. Gewurztraminer is known for its signature spice and lychee aromatics. Pinot Gris is prized for its combination of crisp acidity and savory spice as well as ripe stone fruit flavors. Pinot Blanc is an affable food partner or porch sipper. Pinot Noir, the only red grape in AOC Alsace, is now authorized in three Grand Cru areas and is also used for Crémant d’Alsace sparkling rosé. Any bottle you choose will offer deliciousness, pleasure and value that is unprecedented in other wine regions.