Winery Alexandre PenetExtra Brut Champagne

Sparkling wine of Champagne of France

3.7

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Extra Brut Champagne of Winery Alexandre Penet is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
In the mouth this sparkling wine is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Extra Brut Champagne from the Winery Alexandre Penet

Light		Bold
Soft		Acidic
Gentle		Fizzy

In the mouth the Extra Brut Champagne of Winery Alexandre Penet in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

Microbio

Earth

On the nose the Extra Brut Champagne of Winery Alexandre Penet in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Extra Brut Champagne

Pairings that work perfectly with Extra Brut Champagne

Original food and wine pairings with Extra Brut Champagne

Mild and soft cheese

The Extra Brut Champagne of Winery Alexandre Penet matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of coconut from paimpol, pasta with tuna and laughing cow or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alexandre Penet's Extra Brut Champagne.

Winery

Winery Alexandre Penet

Grape varieties

Chardonnay , Pinot noir

Region/Great wine region

Champagne

Country

France

Style of wine

Sparkling

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. 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 Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Extra Brut Champagne - 2006

In the top 100 of of Champagne wines

Average rating: 3.8

The best vintages of Extra Brut Champagne from Winery Alexandre Penet are 2006

Informations about the Winery Alexandre Penet

The winery offers 18 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.

This winery is part of the La Maison Penet.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Champagne

The Winery Alexandre Penet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 40000 of of France wines

In the top 3500 of of Champagne wines

In the top 10000 of sparkling wines

In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

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