Vintage Character Maison Passas 'Les Alpes' Blanc de Noirs 2024 is a sparkling Vin de Savoie from the French Alps, a Brut blanc de noirs built from Mondeuse and Pinot Noir. The 2024 vintage is expected to show the region’s hallmark energy, as Savoie’s cool alpine conditions help preserve acidity and precision in the fruit, making this style especially attractive for lovers of racy, mountain-grown sparkling wine. Its origin is distinctive for its high-altitude vineyard environment and strong alpine influence, where cool air, sharp day-to-night shifts, and mineral-rich soils favor finesse, brightness, and a notably pure expression of place.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing In the glass, it offers lively aromas of redcurrant, wild strawberry, white peach, and white flowers, backed by gentle brioche and a faint creaminess from lees contact. The palate is brisk and finely textured, with persistent mousse, high acidity, and a dry, mouthwatering finish that carries hints of wet stone and alpine herbs. This is a sleek, refreshing sparkling wine rather than a broad one, with clarity and lift at its core. Serve it with oysters, trout amandine, or tempura vegetables.
Winery Background Maison Passas is a small Savoie producer focused on translating alpine terroir into precise, characterful wines, with an emphasis on sustainable viticulture and minimal-intervention cellar work. Jean-Noël Passas has built the house around the region’s traditional grapes and cool-climate identity, seeking freshness and transparency over weight or heavy extraction. For its sparkling wines, that philosophy points toward careful fruit selection, restrained élevage, and lees work that adds texture without masking the mountain profile. That combination of artisanal scale, regional specificity, and crisp alpine personality gives 'Les Alpes' its distinctive appeal.