Let’s do a little word association.
We say “champagne,” and you say...
The word we were looking for is “Chicago.”
Come to think of it, that wasn’t a very fair game.
But since we brought it up, a Chicago-based company has three new champagnes (a brut, a rosé and a cuvée reserve) for you, each under the Le Medaillon name. They’re produced in Celles-sur-Ource, which is a super-French-sounding part of France. And they’re grower champagnes, which means that each wine is grown and bottled by a single estate and only uses said estate’s vines.
So that’s all good to know. But most importantly, here’s what you’ll be drinking.
Brut: A blend of 70% pinot noir and 30% chardonnay, this guy is aged for 30 months in stainless steel tanks and sports aromas of fresh cream and white flowers.
Rosé: Made entirely from pinot noir grapes and again aged for 30 months, the rosé is a delicate creature full of red fruits.
Cuvée Reserve: Here you’ve got a trifecta of 80% pinot blanc (an increasingly rare champagne grape), 10% pinot noir and 10% pinot meunier. And this one’s limited to just 12,500 bottles each season.
Which sounds like just the right amount for your New Year’s Eve party.
Give or take 12,490 bottles.
We say “champagne,” and you say...
The word we were looking for is “Chicago.”
Come to think of it, that wasn’t a very fair game.
But since we brought it up, a Chicago-based company has three new champagnes (a brut, a rosé and a cuvée reserve) for you, each under the Le Medaillon name. They’re produced in Celles-sur-Ource, which is a super-French-sounding part of France. And they’re grower champagnes, which means that each wine is grown and bottled by a single estate and only uses said estate’s vines.
So that’s all good to know. But most importantly, here’s what you’ll be drinking.
Brut: A blend of 70% pinot noir and 30% chardonnay, this guy is aged for 30 months in stainless steel tanks and sports aromas of fresh cream and white flowers.
Rosé: Made entirely from pinot noir grapes and again aged for 30 months, the rosé is a delicate creature full of red fruits.
Cuvée Reserve: Here you’ve got a trifecta of 80% pinot blanc (an increasingly rare champagne grape), 10% pinot noir and 10% pinot meunier. And this one’s limited to just 12,500 bottles each season.
Which sounds like just the right amount for your New Year’s Eve party.
Give or take 12,490 bottles.
