Bubbly on a Budget

I'm Cremant to you

On a whim I bought the eleven dollar Blason de Bourgogne Crémant de Bourgogne (Blanc de Noirs) from Trader Joe’s.  It is fun, goes well with food and tastes great through a Twizzler.  Seriously though, it is a great little wine and I’ll tell you why.  On the nose it has some faint mineral notes, but sliced green apple is the predominant scent.  Up front you get some pears in syrup and sugar cane.  The sugar cane is actually a negative because as many sweet notes as I’ve named, it isn’t enough to mask the alcohol, which comes off a bit like aguardiente.  The bubbles are sharp and rapidly dissipate, but the finish has some great vanilla and candied notes.  On the whole it has some great characteristics with only a few off flavors mixed into the transitions.