Winery J. LassalleCuvée Speciale Brut Champagne Premier Cru
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Chardonnay, the Pinot blanc and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
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The Cuvée Speciale Brut Champagne Premier Cru of Winery J. Lassalle matches generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Details and technical informations about Winery J. Lassalle's Cuvée Speciale Brut Champagne Premier Cru.
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.
Informations about the Winery J. Lassalle
The Winery J. Lassalle is one of wineries to follow in Champagne Premier Cru.. It offers 11 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
Champagne premier cru is a Sparkling white wine produced in the vineyards of the Champagne region of northeastern France and more specifically in the wine regions of the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne, the Côte des Blancs, the Côte des Bar, the Côte de Sézanne and Vitry-le-François. Administratively, the Champagne premier cru can be produced in the departments of Marne, Aisne, Aube, Seine-et-Marne and Haute-Marne. Its vineyards benefit from a temperate-oceanic Climate with a continental influence and a Terroir made of limestone and marl soils. Champagne Premier Cru wine can be made with the following main Grape varieties: Chardonnay B, Meunier N, Pinot N, Arbane B, Petit Meslier B, Pinot B.
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: Maceration
Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.
