French Bloom L'Extra Brut: a 0.0% blanc de blancs from Limoux
A Chardonnay blanc de blancs from Limoux, partly aged in oak barrels and then brought down to 0.0% alcohol: L'Extra Brut is the driest cuvée from the French Bloom house.
What it is
L’Extra Brut is the driest cuvée from French Bloom, a French house that makes nothing but alcohol-free sparkling wines. The brand describes it as a blanc de blancs made from 100% Chardonnay, with an alcohol content of 0.0%. On the French online shop, its designation is “sparkling 0.0% drink based on dealcoholised, carbonated and flavoured wine”.
The 75 cl bottle is recognisable by its dark glass, the silver capsule over the neck and an oval silver label with a chased pattern. It belongs to a range of four cuvées: Le Blanc, Le Rosé, L’Extra Brut and La Cuvée Vintage 2023. According to the brand, the Extra Brut is the house’s gastronomic cuvée, designed for pairing with food.
Why it exists
French Bloom was born in 2019 from a conversation between two friends, Constance Jablonski and Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger. According to the brand, they found that for anyone choosing not to drink alcohol, nothing offered the complexity, sophistication and ritual of a sparkling wine. Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger, who was pregnant at the time, says she saw the alcohol-free choice shrink to water, juice or tea when faced with carefully composed dishes.
Maggie’s husband, Rodolphe Frerejean-Taittinger, a winemaker in Champagne, brought the technical expertise. He now leads the house’s oenological vision, with Bertrand Degat as cellar master, who joined in 2025. Since 2024, Moët Hennessy has been a minority shareholder in French Bloom, and the house remains independent.
What matters
The grape variety and the place. L’Extra Brut comes from Limoux, in the Aude, in Languedoc. According to the brand, the oceanic climate and limestone-rich soils give the grapes their natural acidity there. It cites the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Hilaire, where sparkling wines were already being produced in the 16th century.
How it is made. The grapes are picked early, to keep their acidity. Thirty per cent of the wines are then aged for eight months in oak barrels, which adds structure. The alcohol is removed by what the brand calls the Wine Revelation Process: three stages of low-temperature vacuum distillation, which bring the wine down from about 14% to 3%, then to 0.5%, then to 0.0%. According to the brand, the bubbles are added at the end of the winemaking process, after the final blend.
The taste, as the brand describes it. Three notes dominate: freshness and minerality, white flowers with a touch of dried apricot, and a saltiness on the finish. The brand also mentions citrus and green apple, and presents the Extra Brut as drier and more mineral than Le Blanc.
The bottle. The glass is dark, which sets off the silver capsule and the oval label, with its chased pattern and the name of the house in capitals.
The composition. Dealcoholised French Chardonnay wine, natural flavourings and natural tartaric acid extracted from grapes. The brand states that its cuvées are certified organic, with no added sulphites or preservatives.
Day to day
The brand recommends serving the Extra Brut very cold, in a tulip glass. For pairings, it mentions oysters, shellfish, sushi, caviar, grilled fish and fresh cheeses, as well as a courgette carpaccio with lemon and pecorino.
Within the range, the brand places the Extra Brut between Le Blanc, fresh and fruity, with notes of pear, apple and citrus, and La Cuvée Vintage 2023, a vintage blanc de blancs. Le Rosé, for its part, is floral and round, with notes of rose and white peach.
Before opening, the bottle keeps without refrigeration. Once opened, the brand stores it in the fridge with an airtight sparkling-wine stopper: the bubbles and aromas then hold for four to five days.
Technical specifications
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Alcohol-free sparkling wine, blanc de blancs |
| Alcohol content | 0.0% |
| Grape variety | 100% Chardonnay |
| Origin | Limoux, Languedoc (France) |
| Size | 75 cl |
| Ageing | 30% of the wines, eight months in oak barrels |
| Dealcoholisation | Low-temperature vacuum distillation, in three stages |
| Composition | Dealcoholised Chardonnay wine, natural flavourings, natural tartaric acid |
| Certification | Organic, according to the brand |
| Serving | Very cold, in a tulip glass |
What the brand says
French Bloom says it works on the principle of “wine first, 0.0% second”: each base wine is designed from the harvest for its final alcohol-free expression. It presents itself as the world’s first house entirely devoted to alcohol-free wines and says it has acquired an estate in Limoux, which Luxus Plus reported in December 2025 covers 25 hectares of vines.
On 4 September 2025, Formula 1 named French Bloom the competition’s first official alcohol-free sparkling wine partner; its cuvées are served in the Paddock Clubs run by Formula 1 and in the F1 garage.
For readers in Switzerland
The brand runs an online shop that has a version for Switzerland, in French, with prices in Swiss francs, and says it delivers to Switzerland.
Why it caught our eye
We spotted it for its stance: treating an alcohol-free sparkling wine as a wine, from a single Limoux grape variety through to partial ageing in oak barrels. We also like the bottle, dark glass and silver label, designed to hold its own on a laid table.
Exactly the kind of brand we’d love to come across on O!deal one day.
SourcesFrench Bloom (new tab) · French Bloom, notre savoir-faire (new tab) · French Bloom, FAQ (new tab) · Formula1.com (new tab) · Luxus Plus (new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- What is L'Extra Brut made from?
- According to the brand, from an organic French Chardonnay wine, dealcoholised, with natural flavourings and natural tartaric acid extracted from grapes added. The cuvée has an alcohol content of 0.0%.
- How is L'Extra Brut made?
- The grapes are picked early, then 30% of the wines are aged for eight months in oak barrels. The alcohol is then removed in three stages of low-temperature vacuum distillation, and the bubbles are added at the end.
- Which dishes does the brand suggest with it?
- It mentions oysters, shellfish, sushi, caviar, grilled fish and fresh cheeses, as well as a courgette carpaccio with lemon and pecorino. It recommends serving it very cold, in a tulip glass.
- How long does an opened bottle keep?
- Before opening, the bottle keeps without refrigeration. Once opened, the brand recommends the fridge and an airtight sparkling-wine stopper, which keeps the bubbles and aromas for four to five days.
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