Winery DoyardClos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier 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 Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru from the Winery Doyard
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru of Winery Doyard 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 Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru of Winery Doyard in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru
The Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru of Winery Doyard matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pigeon with bacon and mushrooms, steamed salmon marinated in herbs or shrimp in red sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Doyard's Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier 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 Clos de l'Abbaye Champagne Premier Cru from Winery Doyard are 2011, 2007, 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Doyard
The Winery Doyard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Champagne Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Premier Cru
High-end Champagnes from 44 villages rated 90-99% on the cru scale (1919), between Grand Cru and generic. Fine, elegant sparklers based on Chardonnay (citrus, brioche, chalk), Pinot Noir (red fruits, structure) and Pinot Meunier (fruity roundness). Fine bubbles, controlled dosage, complexity heightened by lees ageing. Villages in the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs and around Épernay.
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: Decommissioning
Removal of the right to the appellation of origin of a wine; it is then marketed as Vin de France.
