Historic New Orleans restaurant Commander’s Palace on Aug. 14 launched Commander’s Palace Cuvée Brut, a Crémant de Bourgogne. Produced in partnership with Terres Secrètes, one in every of France’s celebrated cooperative wineries, the pinot noir-based glowing wine is made with grapes from the Mâconnais area of Burgundy.
Terres Secrètes was based within the early Fifties and is supported by dozens of proficient household growers within the larger Mâconnais. The vineyard produces Commander’s Palace Cuvée Brut utilizing the identical strategies and grapes present in Champagne, leading to high quality on par with pinot noir-based Champagnes.
Commander’s Palace, which celebrates its one hundred and thirtieth anniversary this 12 months, boasts a storied wine program with a list of greater than 20,000 bottles and a pair of,400 menu picks that includes all main wine areas throughout the globe. “We’re very happy with our considerate wine program right here at Commander’s Palace, and the introduction of this fantastically crisp cuvée additional solidifies the restaurant as a real pioneer of gastronomic excellence,” stated Dan Davis, the restaurant model’s Wine Man.
The private-label sparkler is on the market for buy on-line for nationwide transport with a instructed retail value of $42, and supplied at Commander’s Palace by the half-glass ($7.50), glass ($15) and bottle ($68). Recommended pairings embrace seafood, duck, mushrooms, root greens and cheeses comparable to Manchego, Parmesan and Gruyère.
