24 Days of French Wine: Vouvray

Vouvray is a sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. The wines can be produced in varying levels of sweetness depending on the warmth of the year and the sugar levels in the grapes. Ours was "brut" meaning fizzy and dry. It is produced from Chenin Blanc grapes. "Méthode Traditionelle" means it was produced using the Champagne method. They used to call it "méthode champenoise" but Champagne lobbied to keep that term to their region exclusively. It's the same process.

~The details~
Name: Vouvray/No Name/Store Brand
Year: Unlisted
Region: Loire Valley
Appellation: Appellation Vouvray Contrôlée
Grape/Cépage: Chenin
Alcohol: 12.5%
Serving Temp: Unlisted
Serving ideas: Aperitif, Poissons, Fromages, Desserts
Special notes: Brut, Méthode Traditionnelle

What we did: Fish with beurre blanc sauce, mâche salad, baguette

Oh, this was yummy and a nice change. Lately - and I'm including before the start of this advent calendar - it seems we've mostly been drinking big red wines or sweet whites, or sweet fizzy wines. It was nice to have a dry fizzy wine for a change. The bubbles and acidity of the wine balanced nicely with the creamy beurre blanc sauce. It's a nice wine and I'd be very happy to serve this to friends and family.