Wines made from Pinot Meunier grapes of Champagne Premier Cru
Discover the best wines made with Pinot Meunier as a single variety or as a blend of Champagne Premier Cru.
More informations about the variety Pinot Meunier
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.
More informations about the region of Champagne
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.
What are the typical flavors of the Pinot Meunier grape variety?
- MicrobioPresent in 17% of Pinot Meunier
- Tree fruitPresent in 17% of Pinot Meunier
- OakPresent in 16% of Pinot Meunier
- Citrus fruitPresent in 16% of Pinot Meunier
- EarthPresent in 15% of Pinot Meunier
- Non oakPresent in 14% of Pinot Meunier
- VegetalPresent in 9% of Pinot Meunier
- CitrusPresent in 7% of Pinot Meunier
- ApplesPresent in 7% of Pinot Meunier
- ToastyPresent in 7% of Pinot Meunier
- Red fruitPresent in 7% of Pinot Meunier
- PearPresent in 6% of Pinot Meunier
- CreamPresent in 5% of Pinot Meunier
- LemonPresent in 4% of Pinot Meunier
- BriochePresent in 4% of Pinot Meunier
- SpicesPresent in 4% of Pinot Meunier
- HoneyPresent in 3% of Pinot Meunier
- Green applePresent in 3% of Pinot Meunier
- MineralityPresent in 2% of Pinot Meunier
- PeachPresent in 2% of Pinot Meunier