Discover the top 100 best wines of Champagne Premier Cru of Champagne Premier Cru as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Champagne Premier Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.
High-end Champagnes from 44 villages rated 90-99% on the cru scale (1919), between Grand Cru and generic. Fine, elegant sparklers based on Chardonnay (citrus, brioche, chalk), Pinot Noir (red fruits, structure) and Pinot Meunier (fruity roundness). Fine bubbles, controlled dosage, complexity heightened by lees ageing. Villages in the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs and around Épernay.
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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 Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of texas style ribs / loin ribs, avocado and marinated tuna poke bowl or tagliatelle with shrimps.
On the nose in the region of Champagne Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of minerality, strawberries or toasty. In the mouth in the region of Champagne Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
