White

Boeckel Extra Brut Chardonnay (Crémant d'Alsace)

Boeckel

Crémant d'Alsace · France

Fact sheet

Type
White
Grape
Chardonnay
Country
France
Region
Crémant d'Alsace
Appellation
Crémant d'Alsace
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

frutos do mar · sushi · queijos leves · pratos de peixe · saladas

Rated vintages

  • 201492 pts

    Scented mellow notes of ripe yellow apple stream from the glass. On the palate they are displayed against an autolytic background that recalls both rye bread and short-crust pastry. The mouse is very fine and adds creamy allure to the dry light palate. This is dry, classy and ra…

  • 201293 pts

    Notes of chalk, bread and stone precede the bruised apple notes on this beautiful, elegant vintage Crémant. On the palate, the apple notes become fuller and rounder and appear like mellow, baked Golden Delicious. There is purity, structure and precision in the autolytic notes wh…

  • 201193 pts

    Chalky, stony notes come to the forefront on this austere, restrained, non-dosed vintage crémant. The taut texture carries green apple and citrus tones, with a satisfying, savory soy sauce backdrop. This is poised and precise, fresh and refreshing, clean and structured—a testame…

  • 199896 pts

    Initially restrained, the nose unfolds slowly in shades of ripe apple, dried apricot and honey. The honeyed notes become more effusive with air, edging towards honeycomb and butter shortbread. Despite this richness which also illuminates the palate, the body of this vintage crém…