Loma Larga Brut Nature is a 100% Cabernet Franc blanc de noir sparkling wine release from the winery in Casablanca.
Cruzat Single Vineyard Extra Brut Finca La Dama is the first single vineyard sparkling wine produced by this esteemed bubbly producer in Luján de Cuyo.
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With French expertise and Patagonian quality, this is a win-win sparkling wine from Aquitania. Predominantly Pinot Noir with 40% Chardonnay (there’s another version with 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir to try too!) the fruit comes from Malleco in the south of Chile, a cooler climate perfect for high acidity and a great potential for sparkling wines. The base wines are aged 4 months in French oak barrels, and then made sparkling by champenoise method with 24 months on the lees. Overseen by ex-Bollinger bubbly-maker, Ghislain de Montgolfier, and business associates Paul Pontallier (Château Margaux), Bruno Prats (former owner of Château Cos d’Estournel) and top Chilean winemaker Felipe de Solminihac, it is perhaps no surprise that this is one delicious bottles of bubbles. Less than 1000 bottles made.
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Aquitania is a premium winery based in Alto Maipo with vineyards in Maipo and also deep south in Chilean Patagonia, in Malleco. The winery is a collaboration between four renowned wine folk from France and Chile: Paul Pontallier (Château Margaux), Ghislain de Montgolfier (former Bollinger), Bruno Prats (former owner of Château Cos d’Estournel) and Felipe de Solminihac (top Chilean winemaker).
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This is a duo of amazing sparkling wines from the adventurous Morande father and son. RE Noir is the filtered version, and this wine RE Noir Virgin is the unadulterated, unfiltered version so you’ll find the cloudy lees still in the bottle but also more complexity and fragrance. Both are 100% Pinot Noir and with a second fermentation in the bottle, champenoise-style.
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Pablo Morande Snr was one of the first to dare to make wine in cool climate Casablanca 30 years ago, now he and his son Pablo Jnr are re-inventing the wheel again with their family winery Bodegas RE. Co-fermenting less common varieties, working with flor and making orange wine are just some of their favourite pastimes in their gorgeous new winery in Casablanca.