What was Napoleons favorite wine?

What was Napoleons favorite wine?


Napoleon's favorite wine was Grand Constance, a sweet wine from the Groot Constantia vineyard in South Africa. It is a blend of red Muscadel and Pontac grapes, and it is known for its rich, fruity flavor and high alcohol content. Napoleon enjoyed Grand Constance so much that he had it regularly delivered to his exile on the island of Saint Helena. In fact, he reportedly requested a glass of Grand Constance on his deathbed.

Here are some other wines that Napoleon enjoyed:

Chambertin, a red wine from the Burgundy region of France
Pouilly-Fum;, a white wine from the Loire region of France
Rossese di Dolceacqua, a red wine from the Liguria region of Italy
Napoleon was known to be a moderate drinker, and he often diluted his wine with water. However, he did have a preference for sweet wines, and Grand Constance was his clear favorite.

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Napoleon's favorite wine was Grand Constance, a sweet wine from the Groot Constantia vineyard in South Africa. He enjoyed it so much that he had it regularly delivered to him in exile on the island of St. Helena. A bottle of the 1821 vintage wine intended for him was auctioned in 2021 and is one of the most expensive wines in the world.

Grand Constance is a blend of red Muscadel and Pontac grapes. It is known for its rich, fruity flavor and its high alcohol content. Napoleon reportedly enjoyed drinking it with ice water.

Other wines that Napoleon enjoyed included Chambertin, a red wine from Burgundy, Pouilly-Fum;, a white wine from the Loire Valley, and Rossese di Dolceacqua, a red wine from Liguria. He also enjoyed drinking Champagne.

Napoleon was a moderate drinker, and he usually diluted his wine with water. He believed that this made the wine more refreshing and easier to digest.

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Napoleon's favorite vine was Grand Constance, a sweet wine from South Africa. It was a blend of red Muscadel and Pontac grapes, and it was known for its rich, fruity flavor. Napoleon enjoyed Grand Constance so much that he had it regularly delivered to his exile on the island of St. Helena. He even requested a glass of Grand Constance on his deathbed, but he died before it could be brought to him.

Here are some other wines that Napoleon enjoyed:

Chambertin, a red wine from Burgundy
Pouilly-Fum;, a white wine from the Loire Valley
Rossese di Dolceacqua, a red wine from Liguria
Coul;e-de-Serrant, a white wine from the Loire Valley
Napoleon was a moderate drinker, and he often diluted his wine with water. He believed that this made the wine more refreshing and easier to digest.

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History
The Clos de B;ze vineyard was initially cleared and planted back in the 7th century by monks from the Abbey of B;ze, which owned the land. Legend has it that it was not until the 12th century that Chambertin itself was planted by a Monsieur Bertin, who felt that he could also make good wines if he grew the same grape varieties as his famous next-door neighbor. His vineyard was called Champ de Bertin ("Bertin's field") and later shortened to Chambertin.

In 1702, Claude Jobert acquired both vineyards uniting both Chambertin and Clos de B;ze.

The Chambertin wines were one of Napoleon's favorites and it is said that he insisted that they be available to him even during his various military campaigns. According to Hazlitt, Chambertin was the only wine Napoleon drank during his reign as Emperor, "and he seldom drank it pure."

Chambertin is the brief focus of a joke featured in the 1951 film Love Nest which costarred Marilyn Monroe in a supporting lead, though she is not present in the scene where the vintage is explicitly mentioned. The scene is set in a nightclub restaurant where "elderly Casanova" Charley Patterson (Frank Fay) is once again attempting to swindle money from one of the many widowed dowagers he regularly courts. After they place their orders the waiter asks the couple if they would care for champagne with their dinner to which Charley declares nonchalantly; "Champagne is for peasants". The waiter then suggests Chambertin and adds that Charley has "excellent taste." Charley's date, oblivious and entranced, remarks that she does "admire a man who knows how to order..."