Winery Pierre LegrasIdée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly'
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Idée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly'
Pairings that work perfectly with Idée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly'
Original food and wine pairings with Idée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly'
The Idée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly' of Winery Pierre Legras matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of cajun jumbalaya rice, potato and tuna gratin or thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong).
Details and technical informations about Winery Pierre Legras's Idée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly'.
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 Idée de Voyage Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly' from Winery Pierre Legras are 2008, 0, 2011
Informations about the Winery Pierre Legras
The Winery Pierre Legras is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Chouilly'
Grand Cru of Côte des Blancs rated 100% (522 ha, 98. 7% Chardonnay): exclusive Chardonnay — broader and rounder profile than southern neighbours, magical richness and exquisite citrus aromas, buttery notes and tropical fruits, chalky mineral complexity. Elegant and generous Blanc de Blancs. South-southeast exposure, draining chalky-limestone soils imparting complex minerality, northern boundary of Côte des Blancs.
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: Right bank
In Bordeaux, it refers to the vineyards located on the right bank of the Gironde and Dordogne rivers, where the Merlot grape variety is dominant. These are the appellations of Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Fronsac, etc.
