Cadence Extra Brut

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In the glass

Aroma: dried apricot, toasted brioche, candied lemon, almond, honey

Palate: honeyed pear, fine mousse, saline mineral, biscuit

Langlois's icon Cremant de Loire. Chenin Blanc-led with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc, fully five years on the lees: dried apricot, toasted brioche and candied lemon, with a long honeyed pear and saline mineral palate.

What it pairs with

• Poultry with mushroom velvete Dried apricot and biscuit lift the creamy mushroom sauce; long lees aging matches umami depth.More wines for mushrooms and truffles →
• Cod with walnut and Comte crust Saline mineral length frames the cod; toasted brioche meets the walnut crust.More wines for cod →
• Lobster with vanilla beurre blanc Honeyed pear and almond echo the vanilla sauce; high acidity cuts the butter.More wines for lobster →
• Aged Beaufort 24 months Nutty, crystalline hard cheese sharpens the biscuit-and-honey register.More wines for aged hard cheese →

With cheese

Olivet Our pick Olivet is a mild, milky bloomy disc with hay or mushroom notes. Fine bubbles and brisk acidity in a dry, traditional-method Loire sparkling wine clean the palate between slices without covering them.

History

Cadence Extra Brut is Langlois's icon Cremant de Loire, with 5 years on the lees, well beyond the 12-month Cremant de Loire AOC minimum and even beyond the 15-month Champagne minimum. Released as a successor to the long-running Quadrille prestige cuvee.

1. 2017Cadence Extra Brut first vintage bottled, replacing Quadrille in the Langlois range

Facts

Producer

Langlois-Chateau · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (50%), Chardonnay (20%), Pinot Noir (20%), Cabernet Franc (10%)

Classification

Cremant de Loire AOC

Oak

stainless steel; 5 years on the lees followed by 6 months maturation post-disgorgement

ABV

12.5%

Price

EUR 35 to 55 at retail

Drinking window

3 to 12 from vintage

First vintage

2017

Organic

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