Winery Philippe FontaineCuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne

Sparkling wine of Champagne of France

4.1

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne of Winery Philippe Fontaine is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne.
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 des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne from the Winery Philippe Fontaine

Light		Bold
Soft		Acidic
Gentle		Fizzy

In the mouth the Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs 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

Microbio

Earth

On the nose the Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne of Winery Philippe Fontaine in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of toasty, non oak or microbio and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne

Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne

Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne

Mild and soft cheese

The Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs 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 very simple spaghetti carbonara, baked cod portuguese style or mouclade.

Details and technical informations about Winery Philippe Fontaine's Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne.

Winery

Winery Philippe Fontaine

Grape varieties

Chardonnay

Region/Great wine region

Champagne

Country

France

Style of wine

Sparkling

Alcohol

12°

Allergens

Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne - 2010

In the top 100 of of Champagne wines

Average rating: 4.3

The best vintages of Cuvée des Lys Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne from Winery Philippe Fontaine are 2010

Informations about the Winery Philippe Fontaine

The winery offers 11 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Champagne

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.

In the top 45000 of of France wines

In the top 4000 of of Champagne wines

In the top 15000 of sparkling wines

In the top 200000 wines of the world

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.

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