Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 22
euros per bottle)
Original, sober and refined bottle.
Aspect:
Intense,
bright gold.
Very
fine bubbles.
Elegant
bead of foam.
Nose:
Radiant,
joyful and endless delicacy.
Aromas
of apple and pear compote, citrus fruits and mango, seductive characteristic
signs of the Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the cuvée carefully harvested by hand in the Premiers Crus of
Bergères-lès-Vertus and Hautvillers.
Later,
the nose becomes soft, ample and warm with sensual fragrances of honey and then
of cocoa and roasted coffee, touching expressions of the great maturity of the
champagne obtained by 5 years of ageing on laths of the bottles, with patient
autolysis of the prise de mousse
yeasts.
Palate:
Remarkable
presence at the opening, supported by a life-giving breath of freshness,
definitely thanks to the selection of the first juices (cuvée) during the soft pressing of the grapes.
The
mouth becomes a creamy caress, reinforced by the ageing of the base wines on
fine lees for 6 months, in vats, after alcoholic and malolactic
fermentations, and by the 7 g/L of sugar added during the dosage.
Dense
and generous finish.
Very
great length on the palate.
For this Cuvée Prestige, Benoit Hugot, wine grower,
orchestrated the meeting of the years 2011 and 2012, in equal parts, to offer
us a well-defined champagne, source of rare emotions.
Ideal as an aperitif, or during meals among
friends, with duck breast fillets and honey, for example.
Benoit Hugot welcomes you in
Brugny-Vaudancourt to discover the secrets of champagne production in his
cellars and his unmissable museum. He cultivates with care his
5.20 hectares vineyard composed of the three champenois varietals (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier) mainly
established in the southern slopes of Epernay in the beautiful terroirs of Vinay, Moussy,
Brugny-Vaudancourt and Pierry, completed by the Premiers Crus of Vertus, Bergères-lès-Vertus and Hautvillers. He produces with accuracy,
each year, around 8,000 bottles of authentic champagnes.
Champagne Benoit
Hugot
7 rue de Champagne
51 530 Brugny-Vaudancourt
Tel.: +33 (0)6 22 61 78 11
Email: hugot.benoit@orange.fr
