Blanc de Noirs
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, wild mushroom tart, creamy Brie cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the southernmost cooperative in Alsace, the Cave du Vieil-Armand Crémant d'Alsace Blanc de Noirs is a sparkling white wine crafted entirely from Pinot Noir. The grapes are grown on the steep, sun-drenched slopes near the historic Hartmannswillerkopf battlefield—known locally as Vieil-Armand—where the soils of granite and coarse sand yield fruit of exceptional concentration and structure. To achieve its pale white-gold hue, the Pinot Noir grapes undergo immediate, gentle pressing to prevent skin contact and color extraction. Vinified according to the traditional method with secondary fermentation in the bottle and extended lees aging, this cuvée showcases the rich, vinous character of Pinot Noir, balanced by a lively effervescence and delicate notes of red berries, white peach, and toasted brioche.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1959 at the southern gateway of the Route des Vins d'Alsace, La Cave du Vieil-Armand takes its name from the legendary Hartmannswillerkopf peak, where local winegrowers united after the devastation of World War I to revive the region's historic slopes. Today, this cooperative unites approximately 75 to 80 winegrowing families managing roughly 150 hectares spread across the sub-Vosgian hills between Cernay and Guebwiller. Viticulture benefits from east-to-south exposures, sheltering Vosges microclimates, and diverse clay-limestone and marno-sandstone topsoils, prominently exemplified in the Grand Cru Ollwiller and the historical Château Ollwiller estate. Farmed under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE 3) guidelines with expanding certified organic parcels, the estate focuses on terroir-driven precision and purity of varietal fruit. Winemaking emphasizes gentle handling and temperature-controlled stainless steel vinification, yielding expressive dry bottlings, classic Crémant d'Alsace, and celebrated, botrytis-affected Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives and Sélections de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
12%