Julien Meyer - Crémant d’Alsace Brut “0” 2010

I love Champagne. But whenever I start talking about it, I fear being labelled elitist. But, but… Grower Champagne? And then there are those Champagne enthusiasts who think any other form of effervescent wine inferior. They huff and puff and turn up their noses.

I love bubbles regardless. So as a happy compromise, today I present a beautiful Crémant d’Alsace that will hopefully provide food for thought for the ‘Only Champagne’ crowd, and not alienate me from the opposite camp. I might still be called a Bobo, though.

Patrick Meyer was only 19 when he took over the reigns of the family estate in 1981. His mother took care of things after his father Julien passed away in 1967, when Patrick was the tender age of 5. This was quite a challenge, given that most would take over their family business only in their 40s. (Simon wrote about Patrick Meyer in this 2016 post.)

It was not long before Patrick started working organically on the 8 hectares in Nothalten, between Colmar and Strasbourg, and h…