Domaine Berthet–Bondet
Cremant du Jura
Pinot Noir - Chardonnay
France: Jura
Mission Briefing
Ces Petits Riens
Forget your Dads and Grads, today, and do something special for yourself! You deserve it, dear Operative!
We searched high and low for today’s bubbly and we must say that we scored a brilliant, delicious French sparkling wine that is worthy of our demanding Operatives. We absolutely love this wine.
Nestled among the foothills of the Alps at the eastern edge of France, along the Swiss border, Domaine Berthet–Bondet is making its unique Cremant du Jura from Chardonnay and the local grape Savagnin (a relative of the Austrian Tremeiner).
This wine possesses more subtlety than American sparkling wines; carbonation is less aggressive, giving the wine more flavor and complexity. On the palate, the wine is velvet-smooth and really quite delicious.
If you love great sparkling wines, today’s wine will thrill and delight you.
Tasting Profile
| Look: | Beautiful light yellow with copper hints, this wine presents a continuous and energetic upward cascade of some of the most delicate bubbles we have ever seen in a sparkling wine. |
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| Smell: | Light but very sweet and perfumed, with aromas of white acacia flower, orange blossom, bread yeast, green apple and white peach. |
| Taste: | Very soft in the mouth with a very creamy mousse, this wine leads with golden delicious apple, subtle lemon, white plum flower, earthy dried fig and a hint of yeasty bread dough. |
| Finish: | Long and very flavorful, as fruits fade, the wine takes on a softly savory glow with hints of nuttiness and the most subtle flavor of dried lemon thyme. |
| Pairing: | This beautiful wine would pair with almost everything, but we are especially excited to try it with a crab salad or steamed mussels in a lemongrass, fennel and garlic broth. |