Pairing our Champagnes
Champagne is probably the most complex wine in the world, a wine that can be paired with almost any meal, from shellfish to fish, from white meat to cheese and, provided you exercise a little caution, with desserts and chocolate too. However the taste of champagne changes as it ages and to help you understand this a little more, you’ll find below a chart that summarises the changes you can expect.
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How the aromas of champagne change at it ages |
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Young Champagnes ↓ Champagnes at their peak ↓ Older Champagnes |
Vanilla → Peach → Apple → Rosa canina → Lime → Hawthorn → White flowers → Lemon → Apricots → Mirabelle → Cherry → Raspberry → Pear → Ripe fruit → Strawberry → Mint → Lemon Grass→ Tobacco → Honey → Nuts → Hazelnuts → Butter → Warm brioche → Coffee → Rusk → Toast → Gingerbread → Bolied sweets → Raisins → Dried figs → Undergrowth → Fern → Mushroom → Fox → Leather |
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Our rating of the food and champagne pairings |
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