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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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.
wines from the region of Champagne Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of gloom and doom, chinese noodles with shrimp or steamed ginger fish (china).
On the nose in the region of Champagne Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, raspberry or yeast. In the mouth in the region of Champagne Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
