Winery Maurice VesselleMillésimé Champagne Grand Cru
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay 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 Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru from the Winery Maurice Vesselle
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru of Winery Maurice Vesselle 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 Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru of Winery Maurice Vesselle in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, butter or green apple.
Food and wine pairings with Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru
The Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru of Winery Maurice Vesselle matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes, wild rice salad with tuna or scallops with saffron.
Details and technical informations about Winery Maurice Vesselle's Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru.
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 Millésimé Champagne Grand Cru from Winery Maurice Vesselle are 1996, 2002, 2000, 1988 and 2007.
Informations about the Winery Maurice Vesselle
The Winery Maurice Vesselle is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru
Elite of Champagne: 17 villages rated 100% on the cru scale (1919), only 5% of the 319 communes. Exceptional bubbles with signature notes of brioche, toasted hazelnut, honey, candied citrus, russet apple and chalky minerality, a chiselled finish. Cote des Blancs (Avize, Cramant, Mesnil) sublimates taut, saline Chardonnay. Montagne de Reims (Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay) magnifies fleshy, deep Pinot Noir.
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: Stopper (taste of)
A defect in the wine reminiscent of the smell and taste of mouldy cork.
