Winery Varnier FannièreDemi-Sec Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Demi-Sec Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Pairings that work perfectly with Demi-Sec Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Original food and wine pairings with Demi-Sec Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
The Demi-Sec Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' of Winery Varnier Fannière matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of croque-monsieur, vitello tonnato or rice with seafood.
Details and technical informations about Winery Varnier Fannière's Demi-Sec Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'.
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.
Informations about the Winery Varnier Fannière
The Winery Varnier Fannière is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne Grand Cru 'Avize'
Emblematic Grand Cru village of the Côte des Blancs in Champagne (268 ha 100% Chardonnay): exclusive signature Chardonnay as Blanc de Blancs king — signature profile ample, deep and muscular with notes of white peach, lemon zest, green apple, white flowers and toasted almond, signature sharp chalky minerality and long saline finish. Outcropping Cretaceous chalk soils, southeast exposure, 248 m, land of signature houses Selosse and Larmandier.
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: Ugni blanc
White grape variety of Italian origin, and the main white variety grown in France. Its large bunches give fine, light and lively wines, suitable for distillation: today it is the main variety for making cognac and armagnac. Ugni blanc, which is a little richer in alcohol when grown in Mediterranean regions, is used in the blending of the Provence and Corsica appellations, often in association with other grape varieties that bring aromas and structure, such as clairette, grenache blanc or sauvignon. Ugni blanc is also used, on a secondary basis, in the production of certain white wines in Gironde (AOC Bordeaux, Entre-deux-Mers, etc.).
