Discover the top 100 best sparkling wines of Luxembourg as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sparkling wines that are popular of Luxembourg and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Luxembourg (officially the "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg") is a landlocked country at the junction of Belgium, Germany and France. It is a small country compared to its neighbours, stretching 80 km from North to South and 50 km from west to east, covering just over 2,500 square kilometres. Only 1% of this area is devoted to wine growing.
Located in the north of Western Europe, it is one of the coolest wine regions in the world.
In the north of the country, the Ardennes hills and forests dominate the topography. Forest accounts for a third of the country's land and the north is sparsely populated.
The vast majority of Luxembourg's 620,000 inhabitants live in the southern half of the country.
Wine production in Luxembourg has been in Slight decline since the late 1990s, with annual production currently at around 80,000 hectoliters (8 million liters or 2.
1 million U. S. gallons).
Viticulture is centered in the southeastern Part of Luxembourg, where the Mosel River (known as the Moselle) forms the national border with Germany.
Crisp, light dry whites with a pale robe, slender palate and cutting acidity, showing delicate aromas of lemon, green apple, white flowers, fresh-cut grass and mineral, slaty notes. Often vinified as sparkling (Sekt, Crémant) where its nerviness shines. Star of the Luxembourg Upper Moselle schist slopes (Elbling AOP) and the upper German Mosel. Very old Germanic variety, probably introduced by the Romans.
sparkling wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels carbonara, spinach and goat cheese quiche or mini burgers.
On the nose in the region of Luxembourg often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or green apple. In the mouth in the region of Luxembourg is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
