Discover the top 100 best wines of Crémant d'Alsace of Crémant d'Alsace as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Crémant d'Alsace and the best vintages to taste in this region.
France's best-selling sparkling wine after Champagne. Fine traditional-method bubbles (min. 9 months on lees), fresh and fruity with signature notes of green apple, pear, white flowers and almond, a taut finish. Dominant Pinot Blanc (roundness, supple base), ample Pinot Auxerrois, mineral Riesling and taut Chardonnay.
Pinot Gris for richness. 100% Pinot Noir rosé Crémant with red fruits (strawberry, raspberry). 3,017 ha, 500+ producers. Lively, accessible aperitif.
Vinified almost exclusively as a base for Champagne AOC, where it brings freshness, fruitiness and immediate roundness to blends (apple, pear, red fruit, brioche notes); it is the most approachable young of the three Champagne varieties. Represents about one third of plantings, the absolute signature of the Vallée de la Marne. Also vinified as single varietal by some growers (blanc-de-noirs meunier champagnes). A cottony-leaved mutation of Pinot Noir, autochthonous to Champagne.
wines from the region of Crémant d'Alsace go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of chicken tagine with apricots and almonds, savoyard fondue or shrimp acras.
On the nose in the region of Crémant d'Alsace often reveals types of flavors of citrus, non oak or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or apples. In the mouth in the region of Crémant d'Alsace is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
