August Pops Open with Jo Landron Atmosphères Sparkling Wine from the Loire

We look at each new month as a gigantic bottle of sparkling wine just waiting to be uncorked!

And, since the label of our August bottle of bubbles from Jo Landron Atmosphères appears to feature a figure leaping with joy, as if launched from atop a just opened magnum, well … we couldn’t resist.  

However coincidental all of the this may seem, our selection does remain true to our Sparkling Resolution of selecting a worthy wine to toast the arrival of a new month. 

In 1990, when my father Pierre Landron retired, he told me, “Make quality, it will always pay off.” - Jo Landron 

Jo Landron Atmosphères Sparkling Wine from the Loire is 80% Folle Blanche, 20% Pinot Noir has some tasty Tasting Notes to recommend it:

• The quintessence of freshness
• White peach combined with floral notes of jasmine
• Mineral notes driven by the ocean influence displaying saltiness
• Very refined bubbly and zesty finish.

(A Thomas Meunier Selection)

 

• distinctive minerality – vital and balanced
• perfectly acidic and rich in texture and beading
• fragrant notes of lemon zest and oil
• hints of red apple ... strawberry

(Ooh, my favorite!)  

• 100% Estate, biodynamically grown and hand harvested
• impressive depth and clarity
• racy citrus and fresh peachy fruit
• lots of rocky, earthy complexity
• deliciously bready texture
• crunchy fresh finish also makes it extremely food friendly
• label, designed by the unconventional French artist Michel Tolmer

Bibendum Wine Co.

 

• "The aromatics are … delicate, floral, with a white stone and white peach character ...
• A very gentle palate
• some lightly honeyed fruit cast against a minerally background
• A very attractive wine, a delicately poised style, but with plenty of acid and grip to give it form."

Chris Kissack, winedoctor.com

Now you know why we can’t wait to try this highly praised wine!

And, as always, you’re invited to help us celebrate the arrival of a new month with all the hope and promise that it will be the very best ever! Here’s to August!

We purchased our bottle of Atmosphères Sparkling Wine at City Liquors in Cambridge for ~ $20.

 

And, Here’s More About: 

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino