Winery Dhondt-GrelletGrande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru
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 Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru from the Winery Dhondt-Grellet
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru of Winery Dhondt-Grellet 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 Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru of Winery Dhondt-Grellet in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or green apple.
Food and wine pairings with Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru
The Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru of Winery Dhondt-Grellet matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, bacalhau com natas or blanquette of the sea.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dhondt-Grellet's Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand 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 Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru from Winery Dhondt-Grellet are 2010, 2012, 2011
Informations about the Winery Dhondt-Grellet
The Winery Dhondt-Grellet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru
Elite of Champagne: 17 villages rated 100% on the cru scale (1919), only 5% of the 319 communes. Exceptional bubbles with signature notes of brioche, toasted hazelnut, honey, candied citrus, russet apple and chalky minerality, a chiselled finish. Cote des Blancs (Avize, Cramant, Mesnil) sublimates taut, saline Chardonnay. Montagne de Reims (Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay) magnifies fleshy, deep Pinot Noir.
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: Harmonious
Balance of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. This harmony is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.
