mardi 8 octobre 2019

Champagne Verrier & fils - Fleuron

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020

(around 19 euros per bottle)

Luxurious and harmonious presentation.

Aspect:

Gold, brilliant.

Refined bubbles.

Fine bead of bubbles, persistent after service.

Nose:

Elegant and sensual, source of intense emotions.

The majority of Chardonnay (90%), reveals all its finesse and its elegance with scents of nice ripe citrus fruits, apple and pear, highlighted by outstanding touches of bitter almond delicately iodized and mentholated.

Later, the maturity becomes more confident with heady scents of honey and beeswax subtly toasted, results of 4 years of ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement on the spot, with patient autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts.

Palate:

The liveliness of the opening slowly gives way to a deep and dense balance, thanks to the Pinot Noir (10%).

The caressing generosity establishes itself, supported by the 8 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement, driven by the bright minerality of the chalk with belemnites and marked by the dynamic effervescence.

Deliciously acidulous finish, barely spicy.

Remarkable length on the palate.

With this cuvée Fleuron, Emmanuel Verrier was able to orchestrate the meeting of vintages (25% of reserve wines from two different years) and terroirs with 10 localities from two villages facing south-east on the hillsides of the Petit Morin (between Epernay and Sézanne) to sign a joyful champagne. 

Ideal from aperitif to meal, with a partridge fillet stuffed with truffle, for example.

Heirs to 4 generations of wine growers, Emmanuel and Laurence Verrier cultivate with passion their 5 hectares vineyard composed of 35 plots and planted with the 3 champenois varietals (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier), between Etoges and Epernay. Resolutely committed to a sustainable viticulture approach to reduce the environmental footprint, certified High Environmental Value, they patiently craft around 30,000 bottles of champagnes each year, in the greatest respect of the champenois traditions.

Champagne Verrier & fils
Rue des Rochelles
51 270 Etoges
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 59 32 42