Winery Philippe FontaineCuvée Prestige Brut Champagne
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Chardonnay, the Pinot blanc 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 Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne from the Winery Philippe Fontaine
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne of Winery Philippe Fontaine 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 Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne
The Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne of Winery Philippe Fontaine matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of banh mi sandwich, round zucchini stuffed with tuna or garlic shrimp.
Details and technical informations about Winery Philippe Fontaine's Cuvée Prestige 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 Cuvée Prestige Brut Champagne from Winery Philippe Fontaine are N.V.
Informations about the Winery Philippe Fontaine
The Winery Philippe Fontaine is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Green harvest or green harvesting
The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.
