vendredi 18 octobre 2019

Champagne Brimoncourt - Extra Brut

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020

(around 45 euros per bottle)

Elegant bottle. Original label, evocative of the formal gardens of the Regency period dear to the house.

Aspect:

Golden and brilliant.

Delicate effervescence.

Fine bead of bubbles.

Nose:

Generous aromatic waltz.

The radiant fragrances of nice ripe red and black fruits, punctuated by subtle spices, signatures of the majority of Pinot Noir (80%), gently interlace the outstanding touches of white fruits and hazelnut, characteristic signs of the Chardonnay (20%).

The maturity of the champagne gently establishes itself with scents of pastries and then of roasted coffee, results of 4 years of ageing on laths of the bottles, before riddling and disgorgement.

Palate:

Deliciously acidulous opening thanks to the timely stop of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines and to the minimalist dosage with only 2 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.

The mouth becomes delicacy, underlined by a graceful effervescence.

Tasty finish, enhanced by the brilliant minerality of the chalky terroirs.

Very great length on the palate.

For this cuvée Extra Brut, Alexandre Cornot, Chief Executive Officer of the house, was able to orchestrate the meeting of 6 Grands Crus, Aÿ in the great Marne Valley, Bouzy and Ambonnay in the Mountain of Reims, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Cramant in the Côte des Blancs, to unveil all their joyful elegance. 

To taste as an aperitif or during festive meals, with perch fillets and citrus fruits, for example.

A touch of madness and imagination, with a great passion for Champagne, rigour combined with elegance and boldness, these are the ingredients which led Alexandre Cornot to achieve the impossible in 2008: to create his own Champagne house. He put his creativity in the service of the grapes, mainly Chardonnay, chosen in the best terroirs of Champagne, to establish his casual and spontaneous style, and to produce each year with his team around 250,000 bottles of fresh and elegant champagnes.

Champagne Brimoncourt
84 boulevard Charles De Gaulles
51 160 Aÿ
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 58 79 00