Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 57 euros per bottle)
Bottle emblematic of the brand. Elegant ring by way of label.
Aspect:
Gold, brilliant.
Fine and festive
bubbles.
Regular bead of foam.
Nose:
Generous
and powerful, source of intense emotions, thanks to the long period
(6 months) between disgorgement and shipment.
The
aromas of citrus fruits, white and yellow fruits, outstanding signatures of the
Chardonnay (67%), are gently combined with fragrances of jammy red and black
fruits, barely spicy, characteristic signs of the Pinot Noir (33%).
Later,
sensual scents of cocoa and roasted coffees are revealed, result of 6 years of
ageing of the champagne fed by lees of the prise
de mousse yeasts, on laths, at 12°C.
Palate:
Splendid
purity, reinforced by the stop of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines
and highlighted by the chalky minerality.
The
tension gives way to a joyful balance, supported by the 8 g/L of sugar
added during the dosage.
Deliciously
acidulous finish.
Rare
length on the palate.
With this Grand
Millésime 2012 Brut, Odilon de Varine, cellar master of the Champagne house
Gosset, signs a touching interpretation of the noble terroirs, mostly selected in the Grands Crus, with especially
Avize, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Trépail, VillersMarmery, Ambonnay and
Cumières for the Chardonnay, and Verzy, Mailly, Ambonnay and Aÿ for the Pinot
Noir.
To
taste from aperitif to meal, with a pike fillet and yellow wine, for example.
Founded in 1584 by
Pierre Gosset, the Champagne house Gosset has been perpetuating the family
champenois traditions for 17 generations. The label « Entreprise du Patrimoine
Vivant » and the nomination as « artisan d’excellence du champagne » come to
reward over four centuries of endless quest for exception. Thus, this is around
1 million of rare champagne bottles that are crafted each year, without
malolactic fermentation, in its facilities (winery of 26,000 hL room and 1.7 km
of cellars) located in the 2 hectares parkland purchased by the house in 2009,
in Epernay.
Champagne Gosset
12 rue Godart Roger
51 200 Epernay
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 56 99 56
www.champagne-gosset.com
