Looking for a good wine of Crémant d'Alsace of Alsace among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Crémant d'Alsace. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Crémant d'Alsace with technical and enological descriptions.
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Red wines from the region of Crémant d'Alsace go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of quick paella, chicken tagine or aperitif skewers edam/basilic/dry apricot.
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Crémant d'Alsace is the appellation for white and rosé Sparkling wines from the Alsace wine region in northeastern France. Introduced in August 1976, the appellation now accounts for about a quarter of the region's production, or about 45 million bottles per year, up from 31 million in 2009. Outside of Champagne (240km to the west), it is the dominant French sparkling wine appellation, with more than half of all crémant production. The cooperatives are the most important players, with Wolfberger alone producing 6 to 7 million bottles.
But many of the region's most prestigious estates produce sparkling wines. As with all French Crémant appellations, the traditional method is used to make Crémant d'Alsace. The wines must spend a minimum of nine months maturing on their lees to ensure a certain level of complexity. This ageing on the lees gives the wines a toasty, nutty, sometimes flinty Character.
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White wines from the region of Crémant d'Alsace go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of sausages with kale, coconut chicken or forest turkey roast casserole.
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White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
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Sparkling wines from the region of Crémant d'Alsace go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of squid rings with tomato, butter chicken or chicken makkhani (india) or shrimp acras.
On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Crémant d'Alsace. often reveals types of flavors of cream, ripe strawberries or mango and sometimes also flavors of rhubarb, pomegranate or melon. In the mouth the sparkling wine of the region of Crémant d'Alsace. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
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The colour of wines is characterized by its intensity and its nuances of hue. The intensity is specific to each grape variety, while the nuances of colour are linked to the evolution of the wine over time.
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Sweet wines from the region of Crémant d'Alsace go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fish fondue, aïoli or apple chips.
A wine route planned in the region of Crémant d'Alsace? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Crémant d'Alsace.
A full-bodied, tasty and fleshy wine, with velvety and smooth tannins.
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