Winery Henri Giraud - Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay'

Winery Henri GiraudBrut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay'

4.6
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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 world.
The Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay' of Winery Henri Giraud is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' 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.
The Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay' of the Winery Henri Giraud is in the top 50 of wines of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'.

Taste structure of the Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay' from the Winery Henri Giraud

Light
Bold
Soft
Acidic
Gentle
Fizzy

In the mouth the Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay' of Winery Henri Giraud in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay' of Winery Henri Giraud in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Henri Giraud's Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Ay'.

Winemaker
Henri Giraud
Grape varieties
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.

Informations about the Winery Henri Giraud

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' in the region of Champagne
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The Winery Henri Giraud is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Champagne
In the top 75000 of of France wines
In the top 55 of of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' wines
In the top 25000 of sparkling wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'A&yuml'

The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' is located in the region of Champagne Grand Cru of Champagne of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jacques Selosse or the Domaine Henri Giraud produce mainly wines sparkling and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' 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 'Aÿ' often reveals types of flavors of cream, roasted almonds or chestnut and sometimes also flavors of toasted nuts, biscuits or nectarine.


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.

News related to this wine

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The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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The word of the wine: VQPRD

Quality wine produced in a specific region. European designation that groups together appellation wines, i.e., in France, AOC and VDQS.

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