Winery Les CretesChardonnay
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Chardonnay.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with lean fish, shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
The Chardonnay of the Winery Les Cretes is in the top 60 of wines of Valle d'Aosta.
Taste structure of the Chardonnay from the Winery Les Cretes
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Chardonnay of Winery Les Cretes in the region of Valle d'Aosta is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Chardonnay of Winery Les Cretes in the region of Valle d'Aosta often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oaky or tropical and sometimes also flavors of peach, butter or lime.
Food and wine pairings with Chardonnay
Pairings that work perfectly with Chardonnay
Original food and wine pairings with Chardonnay
The Chardonnay of Winery Les Cretes matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of the corsican soup, rice with seafood or parsnip mousse in a glass jar.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Cretes's Chardonnay.
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 Chardonnay from Winery Les Cretes are 2011, 2010, 2017, 2019 and 2018.
Informations about the Winery Les Cretes
The Winery Les Cretes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Valle d'Aosta to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Valle d'Aosta
Italy's smallest vineyard (~500 ha) between Mont Blanc and Canavese, among Europe's highest vines (up to 1,200 m at Morgex). Native Petit Rouge signature: fine, fresh reds with signature notes of raspberry, violet, alpine herbs, sweet spices and a mineral touch, silky tannins. Local Cornalin, Fumin and Mayolet complete. Firm Nebbiolo (Picotendro), light Gamay.
The word of the wine: Ancestral method
A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).
