mercredi 16 octobre 2019

Champagne Allouchery-Perseval - Ellipse 2014 - Blanc de Blancs - Extra Brut

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020

(around 35 euros per bottle)

Sober and elegant presentation.

Aspect:

Gold, coupled with delicate green glints.

Fine bubbles.

Fine bead of foam.

Nose:

Captivating and endless aromatic universe.

The Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the champagne, establishes itself with its subtle scents of apple, citrus fruits, yellow fruits and white flowers.

Later, the nose unveils all its generosity with notes of pastries, characteristic signs of the maturity of the cuvée obtained by 3 years of ageing on laths of the bottles.

Palate:

Marked attack, reinforced by the timely stop of the malolactic fermentation of 20% of the base wines and by the adjusted dosage with 5.5 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement, underlined by the bright minerality of the sandy and clay-limestone terroir of the Premier Cru of Ecueil.

Tasty balance, highlighted by sensual woody notes obtained by the ageing for 5 months of 30% of the base wines in oak barrels from the Ecueil forest.

Deliciously acidulous finish, punctuated by soft spices.

Remarkable length on the palate.

For this cuvée Ellipse 2014 - Blanc de Blancs - Extra Brut, Emilien Allouchery was able to accompany with sensitivity, without using herbicide and insecticide, grapes from vines with cultivated soils, to vinify them without enzyme adding and settling and sign a touching champagne.

To taste from aperitif to meal, with sea bream fillets and citrus fruits, for example.

Fourth generation of passionate wine growers, Emilien Allouchery, after studying in Champagne and Burgundy and after a solid experience in New Zealand and South Africa, presides over the destiny of the Champagne house Allouchery-Perseval since 2006. Driven by the real desire to reduce the environmental footprint, he cultivates with care the 22 plots of the 8 hectares wine estate, in Ecueil, certified High Environmental Value and Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne. A gentle and accurate œnology gives birth each year to around 60,000 bottles of highly expressive champagnes.

Champagne Allouchery-Perseval
11 rue de l’église
51 500 Ecueil
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 49 74 61