Champagne wines wth Body

An indulgent, generous evening.

To the eye, they are intense golden, almost amber in colour. Their aromas remind you of spicy scents, fresh butter, mellow wheat. On the palate they are vinous, powerful and robust.
This is why they are called Champagne wines with Body. They may be young or more mature and sometimes vintage. They all derive their power from the black grape varieties, Pinot noir and Pinot meunier.

Take your cue from their colour
Champagne wines with Body offer the eye the warmest of golden hues.

Let them inspire your décor table linen, china, tableware; use a gold spray on mirrors, baskets and chandeliers; decorate your cakes with edible gold leaves.
Tell your guests that gold is the theme of the evening to help them be creative with their clothes and make-up.
Serve dishes with golden crusts – tarts, pies, pastries, vol-au-vents.

The horn of plenty
Champagne wines with Body are particularly rich in powerful flavours and aromas.

To do them justice, make yourself a cardboard cornucopia and paint it with larger than life decorations.
Make heaps of petits fours, breads, fairy cakes, macaroons, biscuits, chocolates – and include heaps of pine cones, twigs or driftwood among the decorations.
Plan a menu with an impressive number of dishes and serve sorbets between the richer courses.
Serve rich foods, game, carved poultry, fricassées, roasts, Indian curries, Moroccan couscous, heaps of strongly flavoured cheeses like mature Cantal.
Champagne wines with Body have the power to be served right through the meal: this is the chance to serve them in magnums or jeroboams. Champagne is even better in larger bottles.

To give yourself more ideas, think of the Champagne as a piece of music, a perfume or a place.