NV Domaine Arnaud Lambert "1948" Cremant de Loire Brut Nature

From: Loire Valley, France Varietal: Chenin Blanc Tasting Notes: This wine is absolutely stunning! We would open it anytime, and we completely agree with the tasting note below by Chris Kissack, a Loire and Bordeaux specialist, on his website, thewinedoctor.com. “In the glass it has a polished and quite intriguing hue, showing pale and quite clear around the rim, but with a gentle straw-coloured hue to its heart. The nose is reminiscent of lightly dried citrus fruits, elegantly firm, the bright fruit cut with grained flint minerals. While it may say Crémant de Loire on the label, it does feel more reminiscent of an incisive Saumurois style, which is hardly surprising given Arnaud’s history and location. This feeling is reinforced by the character of the palate, which presents an incisive blend of orange citrus fruits and flint minerals, with a big and broad texture to the middle supported by a tightly foaming mousse. There is no shortage of acidity either, here intertwined with that fi