Domaine L&R Kox

The Crémant de Luxembourg – Cuvée Melusiner is a significant achievement by the Domaine L&R Kox. At least seven years on the lees for this cuvée which effortlessly balances richness and freshness, power and finesse. A perfectly mastered fine bubble and a remarkable length in the mouth complete this great sparkling wine.
This cuvée is a tribute to the legend of the beautiful Melusina, the wife of the Count of Luxembourg Siegfried. When Melusina accepted to marry the Count, she insisted on one condition: she needed to be alone every Saturday. The Count swore on his honour that he would meet this demand. However, driven by jealousy, he ends up spying on her and discovers that in these days his wife’s feet were replaced by a fish tail. Melusina, who discovered the betrayal, disappeared into the waters of the Alzette where she reappears every seven years. Just like Melusina this crémant « reappears » only after seven years of bottle ageing – a cuvée at the top of the hierarchy of Crémants de Luxembourg!

This orange wine is vinified in one of the Georgian kvevris installed at the winery. All our grapes are manually selected and harvested. For these kvevri wines mostly Riesling and Pinot Blanc are used. After harvesting the grapes are destemmed. Skin maceration takes place during 1 to 5 months. The wine then ages in the kvevri for 1 to 5 more months on lees.
This orange wine reveals at first the typical citrus notes of a grape variety. Plunging deeper into what this orange wine has to offer, a rare complexity and elegance are uncovered. A "Kox Coup de coeur"!