Christmas menu: how to choose your champagne?
The Champagne is the symbol of celebration par excellence. At Christmas, we uncork the bottles. But how to choose your sound Champagne ? The Champagne comes from the blending of white wines. It is then bottled to ferment while riddling to remove the deposit. Depending on the wines of the blend, the Champagne acquires a unique personality. The pinot noir brings power, the pinot meunier a fruity note and the chardonnay a great finesse.
A white of white is obtained with only grapes of chardonnay, which gives us a Champagne very fine. It is recommended as an aperitif and with desserts. A white of blacks assembles only pinots. Powerful or fruity, its taste depends on the percentage of Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. It goes perfectly with any type of Christmas menu and any type of meal!
The Champagne vintage is elaborated by the assembly of wines of the same exceptional year. The special cuvée is, for its part, an exceptional cuvée whose assembly is particularly neat. The Champagne non vintage is the subject of a blend of wines from different years.
The Champagne rosé has a blend of white wine and red wine. The Champagne raw is very dry, it is often the most appreciated. It is used as an aperitif and throughout the meal. The Champagne extra-dry or extrasec is just dry. The Champagne half-dry is actually sweet, the Champagne Sweet is now rare and very sweet. We reserve it for dessert.
The magnum of Champagne presents a bottle that allows the Champagne to age better and its taste is therefore often better. There is a magnum of Champagne for 7 to 8 people.
Our tip for a successful Christmas or New Year's Eve meal:
Put your bottle of Champagne an hour in advance in your refrigerator, or 20 minutes in an ice bucket.
A white of white is obtained with only grapes of chardonnay, which gives us a Champagne very fine. It is recommended as an aperitif and with desserts. A white of blacks assembles only pinots. Powerful or fruity, its taste depends on the percentage of Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. It goes perfectly with any type of Christmas menu and any type of meal!
The Champagne vintage is elaborated by the assembly of wines of the same exceptional year. The special cuvée is, for its part, an exceptional cuvée whose assembly is particularly neat. The Champagne non vintage is the subject of a blend of wines from different years.
The Champagne rosé has a blend of white wine and red wine. The Champagne raw is very dry, it is often the most appreciated. It is used as an aperitif and throughout the meal. The Champagne extra-dry or extrasec is just dry. The Champagne half-dry is actually sweet, the Champagne Sweet is now rare and very sweet. We reserve it for dessert.
The magnum of Champagne presents a bottle that allows the Champagne to age better and its taste is therefore often better. There is a magnum of Champagne for 7 to 8 people.
Our tip for a successful Christmas or New Year's Eve meal:
Put your bottle of Champagne an hour in advance in your refrigerator, or 20 minutes in an ice bucket.
