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| It was in 1531, about 150 years before the Champagne region first produced champagne, that the monks of St. Hilaire near Limoux who had been cultivating the Mauzac grape (Blanquette), discovered natural sparkling wine, making it the Oldest Brut in the World! |
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Now you can discover it by visiting our online wine shop!
The flute glass is the official logo of
BLANQUETTE DE LIMOUX by kind permission of the A.O.C. du LANGUEDOC
Limoux Carnival Clown photographs by Michel Picard & Guy Mouilleaux
courtesy of Photos Gratis
www.photosgratis.com
This website specialises in
French Sparkling Wine, perhaps the very original bubbly predating
champagne.
Blanquette sparkling wine comes in three forms Brut, Demi-sec and Doux.
If you like a dry wine (Brut) please do not avoid the others as Blanquette Doux
is a very refreshing drink on a warm day.
It is also slightly less alcoholic than the others.
Of course we have no need to tell you that drinking
alcohol above the recommended levels is a danger to your health.
When you enter the website by clicking the above link you will get the
widest choice of Blanquette available in the UK.
We specialise in Blanquette de Limoux because we think that these wines, that
are only allowed to be produced in a small area around Limoux,
fully deserve such a specialised website.
Many think that Blanquette equals and betters many of the sparking wines from
the Champagne Region.
