In this kind of cool climate, the growing season is rarely warm enough to ripen grapes to the levels required for standard winemaking. Even in temperate years, Champagne's grapes still bear the hallmark acidity of a marginal climate, and it was only the discovery of secondary fermentation that...
Some farmers not only grow grapes in Champagne but also make and bottle their own Champagne, and this so called "Farmer Fizz" has heaps of personality, and displays terroir most other Champagne do not and can not. It's also fun to drink!
Most Popular Champagne Extra Dry wines: the region, the grapes, the producers and the best prices for the wines.
Grapes on the Cape November 1, 2014 champagne&backpacks 1 Comment If you know us, then you know we wouldn’t dream of passing up an opportunity to do some wine tasting in South Africa, so we of course took a few days to explore the wine region in and around Franschhoek. On the dri...
Selosse leads me a couple of hundred yards south along the plateau into a century-old vineyard called “Les Chantereines,” which slopes gently eastward. The site contributes about half the grapes for his “Substance” cuvée and additionally produces tiny quantities (about 50 cases annually) of...
Champagne Pol Roger “Valentin Leflaive NV Blanc de Blancs(Extra Brut; 4.5 dosage. Made from 100% Chardonnay from the Cote des Blancs. Grapes from each plot of vines are vinified separately, and then the wine is delicately blended with reserve wines before being bottled and placed in the cel...
Champagne is made in several complex steps which I won’t attempt to elaborate. Some key elements only are referred to below. Each Champagne House uses their own specific approaches to create their Champagne House signature style and flavour. An important fact to note is that the grapes are ha...
Pétrus Pomerol - Bordeaux wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border to Saint-Émilion. A small estate of just 11.4 hectares (28 acres), it produces a limited production red wine entirely from Merlot grapes since the end of 2010 and produces no second wine. Altho...
White champagne from black grapes: Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunier. £52 - £3080 per bottle Buy Single Vineyard Champagne From a single plot, often enclosed by a tall stone wall £52 - £3080 per bottle Buy Grower Champagne Produced by the same estate that owns the vineyards ...
To improve the taste, Champagne’s major producers are focused on augmenting the quality of the grapes used to make their big-volume cuvées, as well as updating the winemaking methods. Bringing a notable increase in the complexity and depth of flavour has been the decision by these leading ...