Winery De SousaTradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
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.
The Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' of the Winery De Sousa is in the top 10 of wines of Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'.
Taste structure of the Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' from the Winery De Sousa
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' of Winery De Sousa 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 Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' of Winery De Sousa in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or smoke and sometimes also flavors of apples, butter or minerality.
Food and wine pairings with Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Pairings that work perfectly with Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Original food and wine pairings with Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
The Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' of Winery De Sousa matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery), whole salmon in aromatic broth or marmite dieppoise.
Details and technical informations about Winery De Sousa's Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'.
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 Tradition Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' from Winery De Sousa are 2008, 2011, 2017, 2012 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery De Sousa
The Winery De Sousa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Emblematic Grand Cru village of the Côte des Blancs in Champagne (268 ha 100% Chardonnay): exclusive signature Chardonnay as Blanc de Blancs king — signature profile ample, deep and muscular with notes of white peach, lemon zest, green apple, white flowers and toasted almond, signature sharp chalky minerality and long saline finish. Outcropping Cretaceous chalk soils, southeast exposure, 248 m, land of signature houses Selosse and Larmandier.
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: Casting
Preparatory phase of the wine-making process consisting in bursting the grapes in order to release the juice.
