Winery Benoît Lahaye - Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy'

Winery Benoît LahayeViolaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy'

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' of Winery Benoît Lahaye is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' 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 Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' from the Winery Benoît Lahaye

Light
Bold
Soft
Acidic
Gentle
Fizzy

In the mouth the Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' of Winery Benoît Lahaye in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak

Wine with earth taste

earthy

Wine with microbio taste

yeast

On the nose the Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' of Winery Benoît Lahaye in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of green apple, lime or minerality.

Details and technical informations about Winery Benoît Lahaye's Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy'.

Winemaker
Benoît Lahaye
Grape varieties
Natural
Yes
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
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

Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' - 2014
In the top 100 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' - 2013
In the top 100 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' wines
Average rating: 411110
Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' - 2011
In the top 100 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' - 2010
In the top 100 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' wines
Average rating: 411110
Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' - 2009
In the top 100 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Violaine Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' from Winery Benoît Lahaye are 2009, 2014, 2013, 2010 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Benoît Lahaye

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' in the region of Champagne

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

Top wine Champagne
In the top 4500 of of France wines
In the top 700 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' wines
In the top 1500 of sparkling wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy'

The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' is located in the region of Champagne Grand Cru of Champagne of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Andre Clouet or the Domaine Paul Bara produce mainly wines sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Champagne Grand Cru 'Bouzy' often reveals types of flavors of cream, banana or honeysuckle and sometimes also flavors of tangerine, jam or plum.


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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