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 the garbure, skate wing with shallots or cuttlefish in sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery The Exquisite Collection's Grande Réserve Blanquette de Limoux.
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 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
France's first sparkling AOC (1938, predating Champagne): Mauzac signature sparkling white king (≥90%, 'blanquette' for white down on leaf underside) complemented by Chenin and Chardonnay — traditional or ancestral method (bottling March descending moon, 100% Mauzac) signatures, light profile with very fine bubbles and typical green apple and pear notes, delicate sweetness. Mediterranean influences and Pyrenean freshness, slow ripening.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Oxidative (breeding)
A method of ageing which aims to give the wine certain aromas of evolution (dried fruit, bitter orange, coffee, rancio, etc.) by exposing it to the air; it is then matured either in barrels, demi-muids or unoaked casks, sometimes stored in the open air, or in barrels exposed to the sun and to temperature variations. This type of maturation characterizes certain natural sweet wines, ports and other liqueur wines.
