The Winery Napoleon of Champagne

Winery Napoleon
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Ch. & A. Prieur.
It is ranked in the top 1647 of the estates of Champagne.
It is located in Champagne

The Winery Napoleon is one of the best wineries to follow in Champagne.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Napoleon wines

Looking for the best Winery Napoleon wines in Champagne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Napoleon wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Napoleon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Napoleon

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Napoleon

How Winery Napoleon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of baked dumplings, potato and smoked salmon gratin or cuttlefish in parsley sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Napoleon

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Napoleon. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or green apple. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Napoleon. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Napoleon

  • 1996With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.75/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Napoleon.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

Discovering 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.

Yet there are three main reasons we can be reasonably certain of. First, the large bubbles, which distinguish it from less "exciting" wines. Second, the high prices that champagne commands, which give it a sense of exclusivity and uniqueness. Third, two centuries of clever marketing to a willing and very receptive consumer base.

The top red wines of Winery Napoleon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Napoleon

How Winery Napoleon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew, filet mignon of veal with cider or rabbit legs with mushrooms.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Napoleon.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Napoleon

Planning a wine route in the of Champagne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Napoleon.

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.

News about Winery Napoleon and wines from the region

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Whisky aged in native oak  

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The word of the wine: Overmaturation

When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.