dimanche 6 octobre 2019

Champagne Chardonnet et Fils - Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 17 euros per bottle)

Traditional and luxurious presentation.

Aspect:

Pale gold, coupled with emerald glints.

Delicate bubbles.

Crystal-clear brilliance.

Nose:

Radiant and sensual elegance.

The Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the champagne, becomes more confident, reserved, with scents of apple, pear and candied citrus fruits, supported by an iodized and mentholated breath.

Later, generous aromas of honey and pastries, subtly roasted, reveal the maturity of the cuvée obtained by 3 years of ageing on laths, before riddling and disgorgement.

Palate:

Joyful vitality at the opening, thanks to the rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée) during the pressing of the grapes harvested by hand in 2013 (30%) and 2014 (70%) in plots aged 30 to 40 selected in the Grand Cru of Avize, in the Côte des Blancs.

Later, the mouth becomes caressing, reinforced by the judicious fulfilment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines, driven by the minerality of the chalk and by the 7 g/L of sugar added during the dosage, as an expedition liqueur produced by the house.

Balanced finish, underlined by the silky effervescence, barely spicy.

Endless length on the palate.

With this Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru, Lionel Chardonnet signs a remarkable champagne and with a very good value for money.

To taste from aperitif to meal, with a blanquette of monkfish and truffles, for example.

Son and heir to three generations of passionate wine growers, Lionel Chardonnet, assisted by his wife Valérie, has been perpetuating the champenois expertise since 1990, true to the motto of the house: let time take its course. A 6 hectares vineyard cultivated with respect for natural rhythms, of which half is composed of old plots of Chardonnay vines established in Avize, Cramant and Chouilly, Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs, and a gentle and patient oenology, are the source of around 30,000 bottles per year of authentic champagnes.


Champagne Chardonnet et Fils
7 rue de l’Abattoir
51 190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 78 30
www.champagnechardonnetetfils.fr