Bodet-Herold Cremant De Loire Brut Nature “Les Greffiers” 2022 Subregion_Cotes du Rhone This is a first-course Champagne

This is a first-course Champagne

then aged about six months on the lees

no sulfur until bottling

food-friendly white for everyday cooking done well

Bodet-Herold Cremant De Loire Brut Nature “Les Greffiers” 2022 Subregion_Cotes du Rhone This is a first-course ChampagneThe Land Saumur is best known for red Cabernet Franc and its soft, cave riddled tuffeau limestone, but Les Greffiers comes from something different: heavy clay over hard Jurassic limestone in the village of Vaudelnay, about 5 kilometers east of Montreuil Bellay. That Jurassic bedrock is the same geological age as the great vineyards of the Cote de Nuits, and it is rare in Saumur. The clay holds water and the limestone below keeps the acidity in Chenin