The Winery Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Crémant de Bourgogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre wines in Crémant de Bourgogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of steak tartare, saddle of lamb with herbs or duck breast with honey sauce.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Recognized in 1975, the appellation crémant-de-bourgogne replaced the Sparkling wines whose quality was not very homogeneous. Its geographical area, very vast, covers more than 300 communes, of Châtillonnais, with the borders of Champagne auboise, with Beaujolais included. The AOC imposes conditions of harvest and elaboration as strict as those of the Champagne region and copied on this one, the difference residing in the duration of Maturation on lees, which is of nine months minimum, against twelve for the champagne. The Grape varieties used also bring Crémant-de-Bourgogne closer to its illustrious Champagne model, for although all the varieties of the region can be used, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are favoured.
The white Crémant-de-Bourgogne can be blanc de blancs (made from chardonnay, blended or not with Aligoté), blanc de noirs (made from pinot noir vinified as white); it can also be a blend of white grapes and pinot noir and/or gamay vinified as white. The rosé is based on pinot noir, sometimes married to gamay. The Finesse of the blanc de blancs, the Power of the blancs de noirs, the delicacy of the rosés, the crémants-de-bourgogne offer varied profiles.
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The white Macabeu is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches, and grapes of large to medium size. Macabeu Blanc can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
