NV Langlois-Chateau Cremant de Loire Brut Loire Valley 750 ml

When a revered Champagne house like Bollinger heads to the Loire Valley to produce a sparkling wine to their own lofty standards—but that doesn’t bear Champagne’s hefty price tag—the result is a gem like Langlois-Chateau’s Crémant de Loire Brut.

This is one of our most popular wines: In the decade since our first offer, it has racked up over 350 four- and five-star reviews, pleasing the most ardent “Champagne snobs” (their words, not ours). The reason is simple: As one member put it, Langlois-Château “could easily be confused for a high-end Champagne.”

This bottle shows off Bollinger’s legendary obsession with quality. Based on Chenin Blanc, one of our favorite grapes for sparkling wines, it’s crafted via the time-honored méthode traditionnelle,and aged for over 24 months on its lees. Complex enough to pour for discerning dinner guests but affordable enough to drink every weeknight, it’s become a house-pour among our team and staff.

Langlois-Chateau dates back to 1912, when Edouard Langlois and Jeanne Chateau founded the winery. It eventually became a Loire Valley standard-bearer, and in 1973, the Bollinger family joined as investors, revitalizing and modernizing the vineyards and cellar.

For this crémant—the Loire wine most closely associated with the bottles that made Langlois-Chateau famous—they utilize a beautifully precise blend of 60% Chenin Blanc, 20% Chardonnay, and 20% Cabernet Franc. All are grown on porous schist and limestone-rich soils on six choice parcels—Côtes de Saumur, Coteaux de St-Léger, Puy-Notre-Dame, Bas Layon, Haut-Layon, and Montreuil-Bellay—which provide the perfect terroir for sparkling wine. 

Hand-harvested, gently pressed, and put through secondary fermentation in the bottle, Langlois-Chateau’s Brut shows beautifully layered depth. Coming from an iconic producer like Bollinger, it’s a bubbly-lover’s dream.