Winery Dopff & IrionCuvée Prestige Elegance Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Auxerrois, the Chardonnay and the Pinot blanc.
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 poultry, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Taste structure of the Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut from the Winery Dopff & Irion
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut of Winery Dopff & Irion in the region of Alsace is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut of Winery Dopff & Irion in the region of Alsace often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut
The Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut of Winery Dopff & Irion matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of sea sauerkraut with white wine, chicken with green olives or tuna samoussa.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dopff & Irion's Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Auxerrois
Rich, round whites with tender mouth and moderate acidity, featuring aromas of ripe yellow fruits, white flowers, subtle honey, fresh almond and brioche notes. Often blended with Pinot Blanc in Alsace (cuvées labelled "Pinot Blanc" often contain a good proportion) and a pillar of Crémant d'Alsace. Also in French and Luxembourgish Moselle, Côtes-de-Toul and Baden. Lorraine grape, a Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc cross, half-sibling of Chardonnay.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Prestige Elegance Brut from Winery Dopff & Irion are 2018
Informations about the Winery Dopff & Irion
The Winery Dopff & Irion is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 53 wines for sale in the of Crémant d'Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crémant d'Alsace
France's best-selling sparkling wine after Champagne. Fine traditional-method bubbles (min. 9 months on lees), fresh and fruity with signature notes of green apple, pear, white flowers and almond, a taut finish. Dominant Pinot Blanc (roundness, supple base), ample Pinot Auxerrois, mineral Riesling and taut Chardonnay.
The wine region of Alsace
Capital of great French aromatic whites, most often dry and single-varietal. Straight, mineral Riesling (lemon, gunflint), opulent, exuberant Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), round, smoky Pinot Gris, floral, crisp Muscat, supple Pinot Blanc. Fine, fruity Crémants d'Alsace, exceptional sweet Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. 15,500 ha at the foot of the Vosges on varied soils, 51 Grands Crus since 1975.
The word of the wine: Defect
Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.
