Top 100 wines of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'

Discover the top 100 best wines of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' of Champagne Grand Cru as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'

Emblematic Grand Cru village of the Grande Montagne de Reims (387 ha, 81% Pinot Noir): Pinot Noir is the Champagne signature red king — powerful, rich and deep signature profile with intense notes of ripe red fruit (cherry, raspberry), crunchy apple, a toasty touch, full, textured wine-like structure and length, finesse completing the strength. Full south-facing slope, Cretaceous chalk bringing structure and elegance, historic cradle of red and saignée rosé Coteaux Champenois.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'

wines from the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of baeckeoffe, salmon and leek gratin or sauerkraut of the sea in casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'

On the nose in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' often reveals types of flavors of apples, butter or minerality and sometimes also flavors of white peach, honey or yeast. In the mouth in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.