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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Crisp, taut dry whites with a pale golden robe, a slender palate and a razor-sharp acidity of discreet citrus (lemon, grapefruit), green apple, white flowers and chalky mineral notes. Ideal profile for sparkling base wines, adding tension and length. A traditional minor component of Champagne AOC, preserved by growers loyal to historic varieties (arbane, pinot blanc, pinot gris). Rare native Champenois grape.
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 oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!, jambalaya (louisiana) or sea sauerkraut with white wine.
On the nose in the region of Champagne Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of minerality, earth or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, non oak or microbio. In the mouth in the region of Champagne Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
