Domaine Ste. MichelleBlanc de Blancs
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Blanc de Blancs of the Domaine Ste. Michelle is in the top 30 of wines of Puget Sound.
Food and wine pairings with Blanc de Blancs
Pairings that work perfectly with Blanc de Blancs
Original food and wine pairings with Blanc de Blancs
The Blanc de Blancs of Domaine Ste. Michelle matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, salt crusted sea bass or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Ste. Michelle's Blanc de Blancs.
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 Blanc de Blancs from Domaine Ste. Michelle are 2013, 0, 2008
Informations about the Domaine Ste. Michelle
The Domaine Ste. Michelle is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Puget Sound to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Puget Sound
Washington State's only AVA west of the Cascades (~121 planted acres), temperate oceanic climate with warm dry summers, glacial sandy-gravelly soils. Pinot Noir signature as cool-climate red: elegant and silky with red cherry, raspberry, undergrowth and fine spices, fine tannins and freshness. Star Madeleine Angevine native white (early Loire cross, citrus, flowers), taut Riesling, aromatic Müller-Thurgau and Siegerrebe. Fresh maritime niche whites.
The wine region of Washington
2nd US producer by volume, on the arid, sunny Columbia Valley. Star Cabernet Sauvignon (~60% of reds): powerful and structured with signature notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, dry herbs and graphite, firm tannins. Fleshy, peppery Syrah (black fruits, smoked meat). Round, fruity Merlot, historic mineral Riesling (dry and off-dry), precise Chardonnay and ample Sémillon.
The word of the wine: Consistency
In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.
