Oh, how I love Crémant. I love sparkling in all its forms, but to really find out what France has to offer outside the borders of Champagne, one must look to Crémant.

Crémant is basically a sparkling wine made in France outside of the Champagne region in the Traditional Method (2nd fermentation taking place inside that bottle).

This wine comes from the Jura, a small region near the eastern border of france. The Crémant de Jura appellation was established in 1995. These wines are made like Champagne, with a secondary fermentation taking place in the bottle. White Crémant du Jura is produced from a minimum of 50% Chardonnay, with the remainder provided by Savagnin.

DOMAIN LABET’s Crémant de Jura tends to be a little more on the interesting side of the sparkling world. As you might be able able to guess by the picture below.

Julien Labet considers the domain to be completely sustainable: no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used, and only organic compost is plowed into the soils.

This wine drinks a bit different, the descriptions tend to lead towards Toasty, Hazelnut, Mushroom, and “oh that’s interesting”.

But I will let you find out for yourself…

$11/glass