Perrier-Jouet Champagne Belle Epoque Brut 2014 750ml

Yellow straw color. Aromas and flavors of white peach, raspberry vanilla nougat, red apple, and bosc pear with a round, finely carbonated, dryish medium-to-full body and a very long finish with notes of tangerine and lemon cream, red apple, raspberry and strawberry nougat, and hazelnut. Rich and well balanced with a rounded palate and excellent balance of red and white fruits; impress your bubbly loving friends.

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• Size: 750ml

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.