Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While the phrase commonly refers to champagne, EU countries legally reserve that term for products exclusively produced in the Champagne region of France. Sparkling wine is usually either white or rosé, but there are examples of red sparkling wines such as the Italian Brachetto, Bonarda and Lambrusco, Spanish wine cava, Australian sparkling Shiraz, and Azerbaijani “Pearl of Azerbaijan” made from Madrasa grapes. The sweetness of sparkling wine can range from very dry brut styles to sweeter doux varieties (French for ‘raw’ and ‘sweet’, respectively).
Colour: Straw yellow with fine and lasting perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Complex, intense, and delicate, with rose, wisteria, wildflowers, yellow peach, apricot, citrus, and a pleasant hint of sage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Velvety, pleasantly sweet, intense, and persistent, with good acidity that enriches its freshness and balances the high sugar content. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Floral, fruity, and gently fresh, with lingering sweetness and a soft sage note. This is an inference based on the official bouquet and palate description.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Straw yellow with fine and lasting perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Complex, intense, and delicate, with rose, wisteria, wildflowers, yellow peach, apricot, citrus, and a pleasant hint of sage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Velvety, pleasantly sweet, intense, and persistent, with good acidity that keeps the wine fresh and balances the high sugar content. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Floral, fruity, and gently fresh, with lingering sweetness and a soft sage note. This is an inference based on the official bouquet and palate description.
Colour: Delicate rosé colour with fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Intense, delicate, and refined, with roses, cherry, raspberry, ripe citrus fruits, and final spicy notes of sage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Sweet, elegant, harmonic, and balanced, with long aromatic persistence and enough acidity and tannin to balance the high sugar content. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Long, floral, and fruity, with lingering sweet rosé character and a gentle spicy lift. This is an inference based on the official bouquet and palate description.
Colour: Straw yellow with gold reflexes, fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Elegantly fruity with hints of apple, white peach, and citrus fruits, with delicate hints of acacia flowers in the finish. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Fresh, light, and pleasantly lively, with a good balance between acidity and sugar, making it elegant and refined. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Clean, bright, and gently fruity, with lingering freshness and a soft sparkling lift. This is an inference based on the official palate description.
Colour: Bright straw yellow with balanced, medium-sized bubbles. This is taken directly from the official published appearance note for the release.
Nose: Clean and refined, with fresh white-fruit character and gentle ageing notes. This is based on the official producer description and retailer tasting summary.
Palate: Smooth, ample and balanced, with lively freshness and an easy-drinking sparkling texture. This is based on the official producer description and retailer tasting summary.
Finish: Harmonious and pleasantly persistent, leaving a rounded and clean impression. This is based on the retailer tasting summary and official producer style description.
Freixenet produces its sparkling wines in the traditional méthode champenoise, aging Carta Nevada Brut for nine months in the ‘cavas,’ the caves from which they take their name. Embracing double fermentation, the second fermentation takes place in the bottle as the wine ages on the lees. Through the process, Freixenet sets the stage for a generous mousse and continuous stream of fine bubbles upon opening.
AGING Aged 10-18 months
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
The perfect brunch beverage, Carta Nevada Brut is a fabulous accompaniment in a fruity cocktail, with Asian food, small-plate meals, light sandwiches, or green salads.
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Cordon Negro Brut Extra Dry uses the same luscious Spanish grape varieties as Cordon Negro Brut, embracing Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada grape varieties, with slightly higher alcohol levels and a dosage of 23 grams per liter. The light, fruity Macabeo, combined with the robust, powerful depth of Xarel-lo, and the demonstrative finesse of the Parellada grapes delivers a great balance of aroma and acidity.
Cordon Rosado is the vibrant pink partner of Freixenet’s famous Cordon Negro. Made using the same traditional techniques as Champagne, two charming Spanish red grape varieties, Trepat and Garnacha, give Cordon Rosado its subtle hue.
Cordon Rosado delivers a fruity glass of ‘seco’ rosé – meaning that is slightly sweeter than the traditional brut cava – with an appealing colour and a delightfully long finish. Expect a pop of summer fruits in every sip, and indulge in the bubbles of juicy blackberries and mouth-watering strawberries.
Perfect companion to picnics, fruit salads, afternoon teas and BBQ’s. Why not try a glass of this sweet Spanish sparkler with some cheese or a lip puckering paella?
Freixenet Cordon Rosado is an award winning wine.
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Presented in a striking cut-glass bottle, Freixenet Prosecco blends superior quality with stunning beauty. Using its extensive sparkling winemaking expertise, Freixenet has created a stand-out, high quality and stylish wine that is the perfect for any occasion.Made from the finest Glera grapes in Italy’s Prosecco region of Veneto, Freixenet Prosecco is as distinctive as it is delicious, with the lively effervescence of ripe lemon, hints of green apple, and grapefruit flavours.With a delightful light and fresh finish, this prosecco can be enjoyed to celebrate every occasion in style. What’s more, the stunning bottle makes for a great centrepiece at any celebration, or to impress family and friends over an evening meal. Perfect with shellfish, light meats, desserts or as a sophisticated aperitif.
A family-owned business with over 150 years of wine-making heritage in the Catalonia region west of Barcelona, Freixenet is renowned for the quality and consistency of its sparkling wine. With the mission of helping people celebrate, here at Freixenet we create quality fizz with a dash of style, in every bottle
Freixenet Ice Cuvée has been specially created to be enjoyed in a large glass over ice. Our winemakers selected the best blends to make it just a little richer. Best enjoyed with ice and mint or slices of your favorite fruit. It appeals to those who enjoy sweeter wines for everyday consumption and is also suitable to mix with cocktails. Freixenet Ice Cuvée is designed to be a fun, premium sparkling wine experience that can be enjoyed year round and is excellent in summer months.
Fermentation: two months with charmat method
Taste: fresh and fruity, great for a long aperitif
Serving suggestions: enjoy “solo” or with cocktails, try with lemon spritz
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Belaire Bleu, our newest cuvée, is a perfect harmony of the old world and the new. Stunning aromas of fresh berries and tropical fruits are balanced with an elegant freshness and roundness to make this cuvée truly special. Its spectacular sapphire color, inspired by the beautiful blue waters of the Côte d’Azur, is ideal for dramatic cocktails as well
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Produced in Burgundy, France from fine Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes, Belaire Gold is stunning inside and out. Balanced and elegant, this classic cuvée is made with an organic sugarcane dosage, a historic touch dating back to the wines of the 1920s French Années folles, which adds a lovely length and structure to the wine.
An elegant cuvée created in the heart of Burgundy from a blend of handpicked Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes, Luc Belaire Gold works equally well as a versatile food-pairing wine or as a well-chilled aperitif.
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Indulge in True French Luxury. Produced in Burgundy, France from 100% Chardonnay grapes, Belaire Luxe also includes a special Chardonnay dosage as an integral part of the wine blend. Packaged in a luxurious white & gold bottle.
Predominantly known for their rosé which is produced down in the South of France, this “Luxe” expression from Luc Belaire is produced in Burgundy from 100% Chardonnay and is blended with an oak-aged dosage from Chablis no less.
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While Luc Belaire is best known for its classic Luxe, here we have the wonderful Luxe Rosé! The fruity sparkling wine is all dressed up in appropriately pink packaging, the perfect summer aperitif.
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France’s most exquisite sparkling Rosé with an extraordinary taste and beautiful, deep pink color. Belaire Rare Rosé is crafted by 5th and 6th generation winemakers at a Maison that traces its history to 1898. Our Rosé is available in seven iconic sizes.
Luc Belaire Rosé is a popular sparkling wine produced in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of France, made with three varieties of grape – Grenache, Cinsault and Syrah. Luc Belaire say that these three varieties were chosen, as each bring something special to the sparkling wine. The Grenache adds body to the wine, as well as dark fruit notes, the Cinsault brings delicate, floral touches to the table and the Syrah delivers a well-rounded flavour profile with some toasty hints.
The growing areas for Asti (Piedmont) are difficult areas in which to grow vines. High on the hillsides the vineyards are small, steep and labour intensive. But their unique climate is perfect for the aromatic freshness we need. Machines can not easily operate here and harvesting is nearly always by hand.
In 1895, Federico Martinotti, invented a new method to create Spumante. By creating the secondary fermentation in a closed and sealed vat he found a way not only to make wines of consistently high quality, but also a way to do it more quickly in order to preserve the natural freshness of the grapes. The process is now: grapes to fermentation, secondary fermentation to bottle.
Colour: Pale yellow with soft green reflections. This is based on the producer’s French-language description of the wine.
Nose: Fresh and harmonious, with yellow fruit and floral notes. This is based on the producer’s official description and dessert-pairing notes.
Palate: Smooth, fruity, and lightly decadent, with gentle sweetness and an easy sparkling texture. This is based on the producer’s official description and the wine’s demi-sec style.
Finish: Soft, rounded, and refreshing, with lingering yellow fruit and floral sweetness. This is an inference based on the producer’s tasting description and the stated demi-sec profile.
