A Blanc de blancs champagne bursting with freshness to enhance the wine of honor, an exceptional vintage served throughout the meal, a Demi-sec champagne for dessert, the golden bubbles of champagne divinely accompany the celebrations and in particular that of the "most beautiful day of our life"! Discover how to choose the perfect champagne for the big day.
All-champagne wine of honor
You have chosen to receive your guests in "all champagne" mode. A great idea that allows you to create a festive and chic atmosphere. But this choice requires a few rules to follow so that each champagne moment is as perfect as possible.
Let's start with the wine of honor. On average, you should plan for one bottle of champagne for 4 people. Know that a bottle contains 6 flutes of 12.5 cl and that you should count on an average of 2 flutes per person, this to help you extrapolate the number of bottles to order. All options are open for the wine of honor, but the wisest is to offer a Brut champagne.
Quite consensual, it will be an asset to please everyone and accompany savory petits fours without any taste error. A Blanc de Blancs champagne is also an excellent choice, a little more daring. Its aromas full of freshness and minerality surprise and add a touch of sophistication to the tasting.
100% sparkling meal
The wedding meal accompanied by champagne is becoming more and more popular. Its wide aromatic palette allows you to discover superb food and wine pairings of great complexity. For dinner, plan wines and champagne because not everyone appreciates bubbles, some guests prefer to accompany their tasting with a glass of white or red wine.
For dessert, we will see that it is wiser to switch to another, fruitier champagne. In the meantime, you can choose a Blanc de blancs that goes perfectly with white meat or fish in sauce. A Millésime (from an exceptional year) also has its little effect on exceptional dishes (oysters, truffles, foie gras). A more aromatic Blanc de noirs perfectly complements a meat with a stronger taste.
Sweeter flavors in dessert
Dessert is approaching and with it the promise of other surprising pairings. But before the sweet touch, there is the cheese. Soft cheeses with a bloomy rind are the most pleasant on the palate with a Brut champagne. Beware of blue cheeses like Roquefort, champagne does not do justice to their typical notes. Champagne also has some great arguments for giving pride of place to sweet notes.
Rosé champagne, for example, is perfect with desserts made with red fruits. A Demi-sec with a higher sugar content goes well with all desserts, except perhaps chocolate, which will be more likely to express itself best with an old vintage. A Blanc de blancs is perfect with almond-based desserts or to accompany the wedding cake.
Know that there is no best champagne, there are champagnes with very different personalities, it's up to you to make the right choice and find the pairings you like to make this moment even more unforgettable.
