Guide VERON des Champagnes 2019
(around
29 euros per bottle)
Neat presentation.
Aspect:
Solar.
Refined bubbles.
Elegant bead of bubbles, evanescent.
Nose:
Dense, it takes us into an endless aromatic
whirl, highlighted by a generous breath, definitely enabled by the ageing of the
base wines in oak barrels for a year, after vinification in vats.
Warm aromas of honey and pastries barely
roasted, and coupled with subtle spices, characteristic signs of the patient
ageing of the bottles in the cellars of the house (8 years) before riddling and
disgorgement.
Later, the Chardonnay, exclusive varietal, is
revealed, graceful and radiant, between touches of white fruits, apricot and
grape.
Palate:
Intense and lively attack thanks to the
selection of the best juices (cuvée),
purer, during the soft pressing of the grapes, driven by a bright minerality.
Remarkable presence, gourmet and heady,
thanks to the accurate dosage with 6 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
Tasty finish, punctuated by spices.
Very great length on the palate.
With this Cuvée Prestige Brut
Grand Cru - Elevée en fût de chêne, Lionel Chardonnet patiently selected his
best grapes harvested by hand in 2007 in old plots of vine (60 years old), to
sign an inspired and fascinating interpretation of the Grand Cru terroir of Avize. To be discovered.
Ideal from aperitif to meal among friends,
with a smoked trout and cauliflower pulp, for example.
Son and heir of 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
œnology, are the source of around 30,000 bottles per year of authentic
champagnes.
Champagne
Chardonnet et Fils
7 rue de l’Abattoir
51190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 78 30
