Winery PhilipponnatLes Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne
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 Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne from the Winery Philipponnat
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne of Winery Philipponnat in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne
Original food and wine pairings with Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne
The Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne of Winery Philipponnat matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of potato and bacon omelette, rice with tuna and tomato or pasta shells.
Details and technical informations about Winery Philipponnat's Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne.
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 Les Cintres Extra-Brut Champagne from Winery Philipponnat are 2008, 2006
Informations about the Winery Philipponnat
The Winery Philipponnat is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: New wine
Wine of the year, fruity and easy to drink. Beaujolais Nouveau is not the only one in this category, the Côtes-du-Rhône, Touraine and Gaillac appellations also produce new wines.
