Winemaker Notes
Faire La Fête Brut is from Limoux, France. A blend of Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Pinot Noir, the wine is made in the traditional way, méthode traditionnelle, and aged on the lees for 15 months before release. It is a light golden in color with vibrant aromas and flavors of baked apple, white cherry and lemon meringue.
Sustainably hand-harvested, vegan-friendly, gluten free, and half the sugar of tank-fermented Prosecco.
From gourmet caviar and oysters to popcorn, Faire la Fête is a versatile wine that pairs well with a range of dishes and cuisines. Try with an Asian pear salad, spicy tuna rolls, or pork chops and applesauce.
Blend: 60% Chardonnay, 25% Chenin Blanc, 10% Pinot Noir
Critical Acclaim
All Vintages
Four reasons to celebrate with Faire La Fête:
- No more paying too much for quality - you can buy 3 bottles of Faire La Fête for the price of 1 bottle of NV Champagne.
- Faire La Fête is naturally low in sugar (just 6 g/L), less than half the sugar of a typical Prosecco. Au revoir, hangover!
- Faire La Fête is made in Limoux, France, the birthplace of sparkling wine in the early 1500’s. The same families involved in making Faire La Fête today have a direct lineage back to the 1500’s.
- It’s really, really good. Try it!
An appellation in the cooler, elevated, southern Languedoc and internationally recognized for its sparkling wines, Cremant de Limoux by definition must be comprised predominantly of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc with only miniscule amounts of the indigenous white variety, Mauzac.
This is in contrast to the more regional sparkler, Blanquette de Limoux, created from mainly Mauzac with tiny amounts of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc.
A term typically reserved for Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply “NV” on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage Champagne, typically the current year’s harvest (in other words, the current vintage) forms the base of the blend. Finished wines from previous years, called “vins de reserve” are blended in at approximately 10-50% of the total volume in order to achieve the flavor, complexity, body and acidity for the desired house style. A tiny proportion of Champagnes are made from a single vintage.
There are also some very large production still wines that may not claim one particular vintage. This would be at the discretion of the winemaker’s goals for character of the final wine.