Winery The Exquisite CollectionGrande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Chenin blanc.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or vegetarian.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux of Winery The Exquisite Collection in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of lemon, pear or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux
Pairings that work perfectly with Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux
Original food and wine pairings with Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux
The Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux of Winery The Exquisite Collection matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of homemade burger, tuna with tomatoes in the oven or quenelles in nantua sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery The Exquisite Collection's Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux.
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
The best vintages of Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux from Winery The Exquisite Collection are 2014
Informations about the Winery The Exquisite Collection
The Winery The Exquisite Collection is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 87 wines for sale in the of Blanquette de Limoux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Blanquette de Limoux
The wine region of Blanquette de Limoux is located in the region of Limoux of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Calmel & Joseph or the Domaine Saint-Hilaire produce mainly wines sparkling, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Blanquette de Limoux are Mauzac, Chardonnay and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Blanquette de Limoux often reveals types of flavors of non oak, cheese or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, vanilla or lemon zest.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: AOC
Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.
