Winery Xavier LeconteApeiron Ratafia Champenois Pinot Meunier
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Xavier Leconte's Apeiron Ratafia Champenois Pinot Meunier.
Discover the grape variety: Feteasca neagra
Structured and powerful reds with a deep dark ruby colour, firm tannins and moderate acidity, on intense aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, black plum, candied cherry, sweet spices and balsamic leather notes. Ample palate, fine ageing potential with oak maturation. A pillar of Romania's great reds (Dealu Mare, Dragășani) and Moldova, the quality locomotive of Carpathian wine revival. Ancient native Romanian variety.
Informations about the Winery Xavier Leconte
The Winery Xavier Leconte is one of wineries to follow in Coteaux Champenois.. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Coteaux Champenois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux Champenois
Champagne AOC for still wines produced in the Champagne area, from the same grape varieties. Fine and taut flagship reds with signature notes of red cherry, wild strawberry, raspberry, flowers and chalky mineral touch, light tannins and lively palate — Pinot Noir signature at Bouzy and Ambonnay as reference (Bouzy red). Whites: taut Chardonnay (citrus, white flowers, chalk). Cool marginal climate for red.
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: Casting
Preparatory phase of the wine-making process consisting in bursting the grapes in order to release the juice.
