Winery Leclerc BriantExtra Brut Champagne Premier Cru
Sparkling wine
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 Premier Cru from the Winery Leclerc Briant
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru of Winery Leclerc Briant 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 Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru of Winery Leclerc Briant in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or butter.
Food and wine pairings with Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru
The Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru of Winery Leclerc Briant matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, tuna and mozzarella pie or thai shrimp sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Leclerc Briant's Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru from Winery Leclerc Briant are 2010, 2013, 2014, 2001 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Leclerc Briant
The Winery Leclerc Briant is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Champagne Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Premier Cru
High-end Champagnes from 44 villages rated 90-99% on the cru scale (1919), between Grand Cru and generic. Fine, elegant sparklers based on Chardonnay (citrus, brioche, chalk), Pinot Noir (red fruits, structure) and Pinot Meunier (fruity roundness). Fine bubbles, controlled dosage, complexity heightened by lees ageing. Villages in the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs and around Épernay.
The wine region of Champagne
World benchmark sparkling wines: fine bubbles, citrusy tension, notes of brioche, toasted almond, white flowers and white-fleshed fruits after ageing on lees. Three grapes blended or solo: fleshy Pinot Noir (38%), fruity Meunier (33%), chiselled Chardonnay (28%). From straight Blanc de Blancs to vinous Blanc de Noirs, from non-vintage Brut to age-worthy Millésimé. AOC since 1927, 34,300 ha on chalk, 17 Grands Crus and 44 Premiers Crus.
The word of the wine: CM
Mention on the label of a champagne. It is a handling cooperative that produces on its own premises and markets under its own brand the wines made from the grapes harvested by its members.
