La Blanquette de Limoux is undoubtedly the oldest sparkling wine in the world. We know that in 1531 the monks of St. Hilaire produced Blanquette de Limoux.
It is soon that we will fest the half millenary of this sparkling wine.
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This domain is nearer to Carcassonne at Saint Hilaire (17 km). It is precisely there that monks in 1531 invented the sparkling wine, before Dom Pérignon. In 1670 Dom Pérignon, a monk from the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers in Champagne tried his hand at blending several grape musts, which improved the quality of the wine and made certain defects disappear.
A few years later, he introduced the use of the cork stopper held in the bottle by a hemp string impregnated with oil, which allows the wine to keep its freshness and its foam.
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25 km et vous allez entrer dans le domain du plus ancient vin mousseux du monde! 25 km and you will enter the domain of the oldest sparkling wine in the world! |