] I have no idea if the wine is red or white from the description. All I ] know is that, in one of his old books, Lichine mentioned that sparkling ] wines made in Burgundy were usually of not very high quality and often ] where white, but sometimes were rose or red. In any event, with the ] price of top white and red Burgundy being what it is, a sparklig ] Burgundy made from even fairly good wine likely would be as expensive as ] some of the better Champagnes, and thus would be unlikely to sell well ] unless it was at least as good as Champagne. ]
I've never seen a red cremant. That's not to say that such a thing doesn't exist, but white and pink are all I know about. The point Anders and I were making is that AFAIK cremant is by definition not red.
There ought to be a fair amount of potable cremant de bourgogne, although I'm no expert in it. $17 US seems fairly on the high side of pricing. Not that that has so much to do with quality anyway! I doubt you will find any to vie with the finest from Champagne, mind you...
-E