Winery BournaisonPrestige Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Prestige Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'
Pairings that work perfectly with Prestige Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'
Original food and wine pairings with Prestige Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'
The Prestige Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' of Winery Bournaison matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, gratin of ravioli with salmon or barbecued lobster.
Details and technical informations about Winery Bournaison's Prestige Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'.
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.
Informations about the Winery Bournaison
The Winery Bournaison is one of wineries to follow in Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'.. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay'
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' is located in the region of Champagne Grand Cru of Champagne of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jacques Selosse or the Domaine Egly-Ouriet produce mainly wines sparkling and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Ambonnay' 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 'Ambonnay' often reveals types of flavors of cream, chalk or mango and sometimes also flavors of passion fruit, melon or anise.
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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The word of the wine: Downy mildew
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