“Fines Bulles de Touraine”

Find out more about BLANC FOUSSY, its history, the way it is made and its different varieties. If you can’t get enough of BLANC FOUSSY – our recipes ensure that there is always a new and different way for you to experience BLANC FOUSSY!

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History:
The wine-growing region in the World Heritage region of the Loire Valley

The colours and scent of the grapevines determine the scene around the slopes of the Loire Valley, which is also known as France’s “valley of the kings”. An unusual region, characterised by mediaeval buildings and traditions.

Magnificent renaissance châteaux are dotted throughout the “Garden of France” and line the sandy banks of the “wild” Loire. This unique landscape unites natures, past and present and above all enables those who live in and visit the Loire Valley a richness and quality of life.

The Loire, the longest unobstructed river in Europe!

At 1,020 km, the Loire is France’s longest river. Its source lies on Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc (Massif Central) and it flows through Roanne, Nevers, Orléans and Tours until it flows into the Atlantic at Nantes. On the way there it absorbs numerous tributaries, splits off again and again into many arms, which wash round green islands and ochre-coloured sand banks.
In November 2000 UNESCO placed the valley of the Loire under protection as a World Heritage site: the Loire is the last remaining free-flowing river in Europe, as no dams or sluices disturb its natural course.

Grandes Caves Saint-Roch

Along the banks of the Loire, at the foot of Rochecorbon, lies the “Grandes Caves Saint-Roch”, caves carved from the soft tuff over the centuries.

The network of caves and passageways stretches back to the 12th century. The inhabitants of the Loire Valley lived for long periods in this system of caves, which is 3 km long and 200m deep. From the upper end of the entrance, these caves lead deep inside the rock. A relief, resembling a figurehead, adorns the entrance to the caves.

Locals say that he who manages to reveal the secret of this figure shall be granted a life of utmost pleasure.

Manufacture
Quality is our pleasure!

BLANC FOUSSY is painstakingly made according to the traditional method of bottle fermentation, which is also known as the “Méthode Champenoise” in the region of Champagne.

In the production of BLANC FOUSSY, quality is the utmost priority right from the beginning. That’s why only selected grape musts are used, which are vinified using state-of-the-art wine cellar techniques.

Following the primary fermentation, during which wine is made from the must, the production of sparkling wine involves subjecting this wine to a secondary fermentation process. For the production of sparkling wine according to the “Méthode Traditionnelle”, the procedure is as follows:

The base wine (the Cuvée Cuvée) is mixed with sugar and cultivated yeasts selected by experts – this mixture is called “bottling dosage" or “liqueur de triage” –, it is then poured into bottles and sent on for secondary fermentation.

The bottles are then sealed with a crown cap. During the secondary fermentation, the natural carbonic acid develops, which gives BLANC FOUSSY its effervescence.
As BLANC FOUSSY wishes to always guarantee a consistently high level of quality, a Cuvée is carefully produced from a blend of various years.

The bottles are then stored in the cellars of BLANC FOUSSY for at least 9 months, and at least 12 months for a Crémant de Loire. The bottles are stored on their sides. The raw sparkling wine produced in this way stays in contact with the yeast throughout the entire maturing phase. During the “remuage” or riddling, the bottles are shaken regularly and are turned gradually from the horizontal into an upside-down position so that the yeast can sink to the bottom. At last it is ready: the tip of the bottle neck is frozen so that the yeast forms a frozen plug. The bottles are opened and the yeast shoots out of the bottle neck under natural pressure. Finally, every bottle undergoes dosage. That means that a syrup of sugar and selected base wine (“shipping dosage”) is added, in order to determine the final sweetness. The exact composition is our maître de cave’s secret.

After this, every bottle is re-corked with a natural cork. Each cork is then secured to the neck of the bottle with a wire bent into the shape of a little basket and a metal disc, which together form the so-called “agraffe”. The metal disc lies above the natural cork and thereby especially prevents the wire from cutting into the cork.

That is how a product is manufactured, which rises far above the multitude of well-known sparkling wine and champagne brands.

BLANC FOUSSY – a sparkling wine, which ferments in the bottle according to the Méthode Traditionelle and thus receives its distinctive character. BLANC FOUSSY is exceptionally low-histamine and thus easily digestible.

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Fines Bulles de Touraine – the fine sparkles of the locality