{"id":3319,"date":"2012-10-01T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2012-10-01T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T09:22:00","slug":"joel-falmet-a-grower-champagne-for-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3319","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00ebl Falmet, Sipping A Grower Champagne for October!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We're toasting the "Happy New Month" of October with Jo\u00ebl Falmet Champagne. (Consider sharing Our Sparkling Resolution<\/a> to greet each month by popping a bottle of bubbly.)<\/p>\n

This wine is another recommendation from Perry's Wine & Liquors<\/a> in Provincetown. This west end shop has a expertly curated selection of wines, spirits, cheese, chocolate, and other lovely items. <\/p>\n

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Jo\u00ebl Falmet Champagne comes from C\u00f4te des Bar<\/a>, a part of the Champagne region<\/a> of France that has long supplied most of the grapes it grows to the great Champagne houses that have used them to improve the body and richness of their wines. <\/p>\n

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In a 2009 review of affordable Champagnes,<\/a> NY Times<\/a> wine critic, Eric Asimov<\/a> wrote that this was the favorite. "We found it full of lively energy, with complex flavors of flowers, minerals, citrus and herbs, and with more finesse than you generally find in Champagnes dominated by the pinot noir grape."<\/a><\/p>\n

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The C\u00f4te des Bar district is far from the heart of Champane and as the fact sheet on the wine tells us, the terroir of the region is unlike the typical soil and growing conditions in the best known areas of the region. "The C\u00f4tes des Bar generally produces richer, fuller-bodied wines than the Marne, partially because it is further south and therefore slightly warmer. In addition, the Kimmeridgian soil<\/a> of the C\u00f4tes des Bar tends to produce richer wines than the light, fine chalk soil, found around Epernay<\/a>.<\/em>"<\/p>\n

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This is a grower Champagne<\/a>, meaning that Jo\u00ebl Falmet has been taking his family's grapes from soil to bottle since 1990. He produces a very pinot forward, full-bodied style that will appeal to those (like us) who love a lot of lush in their sparking wine. This blend is 70% Pinot Noir<\/a>, 20% Pinot Meunier<\/a>, and 10% Chardonnay.<\/a><\/p>\n

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