Château MeyraudCuvée d'Elys Crémant de Bordeaux Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée d'Elys Crémant de Bordeaux Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée d'Elys Crémant de Bordeaux Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée d'Elys Crémant de Bordeaux Brut
The Cuvée d'Elys Crémant de Bordeaux Brut of Château Meyraud matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of parillade of fish and seafood, cream chicken with mushrooms or pan con tomate.
Details and technical informations about Château Meyraud's Cuvée d'Elys Crémant de Bordeaux Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Avana
Very old grape variety cultivated in northern Italy in the Piedmont region. It would have been introduced in Savoy at the beginning of the 17th century. An A.D.N. study, dating from 2011, shows that Hibou noir and Avana are one and the same variety. It should also be noted that Amigne is its half-sister, Rèze its grandmother and Rouge du Pays (a variety from the Swiss Valais) its grandfather.
Informations about the Château Meyraud
The Château Meyraud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Crémant de Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crémant de Bordeaux
Crémant de Bordeaux is the regional appellation for traditional method white and rosé Sparkling wines from the Bordeaux wine region in southwest France. Sparkling wine production in Bordeaux is far from prolific and has slowly declined in response to the obvious success of still wines in the region. Sparkling wines have been produced in Bordeaux for more than 100 years, but the appellation was not formalized until April 1990. Even today, the specific style of Crémant de Bordeaux wines is not as Clear as that of other French Crémant appellations, such as Crémant de Loire, Crémant de Bourgogne and Crémant d'Alsace.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Flavours (families of)
Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.
