
Val de Mer 'Non-Dose' Brut French Sparkling NV
Style: French Sparkling Vintage: NV ABV: 12.5% Region: Chablis Country: France Varietals: 100% Chardonnay Pairing Ideas: Anything, it sounds like a lazy answer but its the truth. This wine is amazing and fool proof. Dry with ripe apple fruit and a soft feel on the palate, though the bubbles are very fine and the acidity is excellent. There's a toasty element from time spent on the lees, and a velvety quality both elegant and enticing. Non Dose means no sugar has been added to the final wine, which, Piuze and other naturalists believe, produces a wine of pure quality and true terroir essence. Fun Facts: Val de Mer is Patrick Piuze’s second winery, co-owned with Moutard-Diligent. The winemaking is very similar to his own, eponymous (and extremely well-regared) line: both are hand-harvested, both are spontaneously fermented, and the élèvage is the same. Made from 100% Chardonnay, sourced from vines over 25 years of age in a vineyard planted on limestone and clay soils in the