Winery Alfred GratienBrut Millésimé Champagne
Sparkling wine
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 Brut Millésimé Champagne from the Winery Alfred Gratien
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Brut Millésimé Champagne of Winery Alfred Gratien 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 Brut Millésimé Champagne of Winery Alfred Gratien in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus.
Food and wine pairings with Brut Millésimé Champagne
Pairings that work perfectly with Brut Millésimé Champagne
Original food and wine pairings with Brut Millésimé Champagne
The Brut Millésimé Champagne of Winery Alfred Gratien matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of kale soup, sea bream with white wine or lobster in court-bouillon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alfred Gratien's Brut Millésimé Champagne.
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 Brut Millésimé Champagne from Winery Alfred Gratien are 2002, 1996, 1983, 2006 and 2005.
Informations about the Winery Alfred Gratien
The Winery Alfred Gratien is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Tressallier
White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.
