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  • If making a Champagne-style brut, this blending requires at minimum the dedication of several tanks to properly balance the three main components individually -- pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier -- andalso additional tanks for cuvée blending.

    Jason Feulner 2009

  • Made with the classic grapes of the Champagne region -- pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier -- this wine is a classic in its own right.

    New York Cork Club 2009

  • In the case of Nyetimer, which uses chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes in its blend as they would in Champagne, the wine was as sleek as anything from Rheims.

    Will this be English wine's best ever year? 2011

  • (And what is this trend to drop the “pinot” from pinot meunier?)

    Wine importer Terry Theise - Riesling buzz, grower Champagne, 2009, nude breakfast | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • If making a Champagne-style brut, this blending requires at minimum the dedication of several tanks to properly balance the three main components individually -- pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier -- andalso additional tanks for cuvée blending.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2008

  • Based on pinot meunier, the grape that gives champagne an incense-like spice, softened with 20% chardonnay.

    Is your champagne worth the money? 2010

  • Sparkling wines are based on the Champagne grapes of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier.

    A working life: The winemaker 2010

  • If making a Champagne-style brut, this blending requires at minimum the dedication of several tanks to properly balance the three main components individually -- pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier -- andalso additional tanks for cuvée blending.

    Chateau Frank and the Economics of Bubbles 2008

  • I've been a fan of their 'Champagne Blend' (i.e. of pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay) since I was first given it to taste 'blind'? by one Jonathan Ray six or seven years ago.

    British Superwine Selection 2009

  • I've been a fan of their 'Champagne Blend' (i.e. of pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay) since I was first given it to taste 'blind'? by one Jonathan Ray six or seven years ago.

    British Superwine Selection 2009

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