Winery PhilipponnatLe Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'
Sparkling wine
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 Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' from the Winery Philipponnat
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' 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 Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'
Original food and wine pairings with Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'
The Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' of Winery Philipponnat matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of roast pork orloff, sun wheat or zarzuela mayonapo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Philipponnat's Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Lèon Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ' from Winery Philipponnat are 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 Grand Cru 'Aÿ' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Aÿ'
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.
The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea
This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
