Winery Jean LafonBlanquette de Limoux Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Chardonnay, the Chenin blanc and the Mauzac.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or vegetarian.
The Blanquette de Limoux Brut of the Winery Jean Lafon is in the top 5 of wines of Blanquette de Limoux.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Blanquette de Limoux Brut of Winery Jean Lafon in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of apples, green apple or pear and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Blanquette de Limoux Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Blanquette de Limoux Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Blanquette de Limoux Brut
The Blanquette de Limoux Brut of Winery Jean Lafon matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, chinchards with white wine and grapes or penne with shrimp and zucchini.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Lafon's Blanquette de Limoux Brut.
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
The best vintages of Blanquette de Limoux Brut from Winery Jean Lafon are 2008
Informations about the Winery Jean Lafon
The Winery Jean Lafon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Blanquette de Limoux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Blanquette de Limoux
The wine region of Blanquette de Limoux is located in the region of Limoux of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Calmel & Joseph or the Domaine Saint-Hilaire produce mainly wines sparkling, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Blanquette de Limoux are Mauzac, Chardonnay and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Blanquette de Limoux often reveals types of flavors of non oak, cheese or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, vanilla or lemon zest.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
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The Morey Saint Denis appellation seen by Laurent Lignier
Laurent Lignier from Domaine Hubert Lignier and Président of the winegrowers union, mentions the great diversity in the expression of the Morey-Saint-DenisPremier Cru wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...
The Irancy appellation seen by Nicolas Ferrari
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The word of the wine: Vintage
Year of production of a wine, it is usually indicated on the label.
