Discover the top 100 best wines of Champagne Grand Cru 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 and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Elite of Champagne: 17 villages rated 100% on the cru scale (1919), only 5% of the 319 communes. Exceptional bubbles with signature notes of brioche, toasted hazelnut, honey, candied citrus, russet apple and chalky minerality, a chiselled finish. Cote des Blancs (Avize, Cramant, Mesnil) sublimates taut, saline Chardonnay. Montagne de Reims (Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay) magnifies fleshy, deep Pinot Noir.
Vallee de la Marne (Ay) holds both. Summit of the methode champenoise.
Elegant and structured reds with a clear ruby robe, fine tannins and fresh alpine acidity, with refined aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry, strawberry), undergrowth, mushroom, soft spices and floral notes. Also a pillar of great Italian sparkling wines by the classic method. Star of Alto Adige Pinot Nero DOC, Oltrepò Pavese DOCG, Trentino DOC and Franciacorta DOCG. The Italian synonym for Burgundy's Pinot Noir, signature of northern Italian finesse.
wines from the region of Champagne Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of steamed pork chops, whole salmon in aromatic broth or marmite dieppoise.
On the nose in the region of Champagne Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, apples or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, red currant or non oak. In the mouth in the region of Champagne Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
