Discover the top 100 best wines of Champagne Grand Cru 'Oger' 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 'Oger' and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Grand Cru of the Côte des Blancs (~403 ha, 99. 6% Chardonnay, deep chalky clay soils): exclusive Chardonnay in Blanc de Blancs — dominant minerality structuring the whole and conferring remarkable length, initial citrus and almost graphite mineral notes, a characteristic slightly smoky dimension of Oger, delicate floral notes. Maturation and freshness on deep chalk. Promoted to Grand Cru in 1985.
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 Champagne Grand Cru 'Oger' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of croziflette, salmon in brick pastry or fried squid.
On the nose in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Oger' often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or butter. In the mouth in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Oger' is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
