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Blanc de Champagne is an alternate name for several wine grape varieties including: Chardonnay; Luglienga; Pinot blanc; Shampanchik; Other uses. Blanc de blancs, ...
A Grand Cru blanc de blancs Champagne. A French term that means "white from whites", and is used to designate Champagnes made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes or in rare occasions from Pinot blanc (such as La Bolorée from Cedric Bouchard). The term is occasionally used in other sparkling wine-producing regions, usually to denote Chardonnay ...
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs is the flagship of Maison Ruinart. The cuvées named R de Ruinart include both Brut non-vintage and vintage wines, with the non-vintage minimum 40% Chardonnay, and 60% Pinot noir, with 25% reserve wines, while proportions vary in the vintage wine. Also produced are non-vintage Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, 100% Chardonnay ...
The Côte des Blancs is a mostly eastern-facing slope that owes its name to the color of the grape that is planted: 95% Chardonnay. Champagnes in this area include the term " blanc de blancs ". Only four villages are located on the actual Côtes des Blancs slope, namely Avize , Cramant , Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger but all municipalities ...
[22] [24] Franciacorta Satèn, a Blanc de blancs, is produced with the reduced 4.5 atmospheres of pressure instead of 6 for an expression of softness. [22] Trento DOC is an appellation for white and rosé sparkling wines made according to the méthode traditionnelle. Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot blanc and Pinot Meunier grapes are used.
English sparkling wine producers often employ Champagne terminology to describe the styles of their wine, such as "Classic Cuvée", "Blanc de Blancs" or "Demi-Sec". [1] Prestige cuvées from three English sparkling wine producers: Sugrue South Downs, Nyetimber and Chapel Down
The Kir is a French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine. In France it is usually drunk as an apéritif before a meal or snack. It was originally made with Bourgogne Aligoté , [ 1 ] a white wine of Burgundy , but today various white wines are used throughout France, according to the ...
Blanc Pays" (or "Blan Péyi" in creole) is used to talk about the Béké of Guadeloupe. William Balfour Baikie explored most of south east Nigeria and parts of cross rivers and Benue States. Ethnic groups in these areas also refer to a white person as 'ubekee' (Igede people in Benue State and parts of Cross Rivers State).