Winery Nicolas GueusquinTradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne
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 Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne from the Winery Nicolas Gueusquin
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne of Winery Nicolas Gueusquin in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne
Pairings that work perfectly with Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne
Original food and wine pairings with Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne
The Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne of Winery Nicolas Gueusquin matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of flemish carbonnade, baked cod portuguese style or monkfish in foil.
Details and technical informations about Winery Nicolas Gueusquin's Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne.
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 Tradition Premier Cru Brut Champagne from Winery Nicolas Gueusquin are 2016, 1993, N.V.
Informations about the Winery Nicolas Gueusquin
The Winery Nicolas Gueusquin is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Champagne Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Premier Cru
High-end Champagnes from 44 villages rated 90-99% on the cru scale (1919), between Grand Cru and generic. Fine, elegant sparklers based on Chardonnay (citrus, brioche, chalk), Pinot Noir (red fruits, structure) and Pinot Meunier (fruity roundness). Fine bubbles, controlled dosage, complexity heightened by lees ageing. Villages in the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs and around Épernay.
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: Water stress
Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.
