Winery E. Michel - Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne

Winery E. Michel Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne

Wine of France Sparkling wine of Champagne of France
3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne of Winery E. Michel is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Chardonnay, the Pinot blanc 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.

Taste structure of the Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne from the Winery E. Michel

Light
Bold
Soft
Acidic
Gentle
Fizzy

In the mouth the Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne of Winery E. Michel 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 Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne of Winery E. Michel in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of green apple, minerality or vanilla.

Details and technical informations about Winery E. Michel's Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne - 2012
In the top 100 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 3.4 1 1 1 0 0
Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne - 2008
In the top 100 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0

The best vintages of Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne from Winery E. Michel are 2008, 2012

Informations about the Winery E. Michel

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Champagne

The Winery E. Michel is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Champagne
In the top 20000 of of France wines
In the top 2000 of of Champagne wines
In the top 4000 of sparkling wines
In the top 60000 wines of the world

The wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

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The word of the wine: Millerandage

Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.

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