Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 72 euros per bottle)
Sober and harmonious presentation.
Aspect:
White
gold, crystal-clear.
Fine
and dynamic bubbles.
Fine
bead of foam.
Nose:
Outstanding
and endless perfumed round.
Sensual
aromas of apple and pear compote, citrus fruits and white flowers, hymns to the
Chardonnay, exclusive varietal, highlighted by an iodized and mentholated
breath.
Later,
the radiant maturity reveals scents of pastries and roasted coffee, subtly
spicy, result of 10 years of ageing of the champagne.
Palate:
Vertiginous
purity at the opening, underlined by the adjusted dosage with 5 g/L of
sugar added at disgorgement and enhanced by the magnificent minerality of the
chalk of the Grand Cru of Oger, in the Côte des Blancs.
The
mouth becomes caressing and gourmet, characteristic sign of the old plots of
vine (60 years old) and of the exceptional maturity of the grapes protected by
the walls of Le Clos Cazals.
Balanced
finish, punctuated by spices thanks to the passage in barrels of 10% of the
base wines.
Great
length on the palate.
For
this cuvée Le Clos
Cazals 2008 Extra Brut, Delphine Cazals
offers us a remarkable interpretation of the exceptional terroir of Le Clos Cazals acquired by her grandfather, Olivier
Cazals, in the 1950’s, and signs a new unforgettable opus of this cuvée created in 1995.
Ideal as an aperitif or during the meal, with ravioles of scallops, for
example.
While the Champagne house Cazals has celebrated
its 120th anniversary in 2017, Delphine Cazals, true to the values passed down
by her grandfather, Ernest, cooper and founder of the house and by her father
Claude, visionary wine grower, inventor of the mechanical riddling of the bottles,
has been perpetuating the family traditions since 1996. She produces with
passion exceptional champagnes, outstanding variations around the Chardonnay
and the noble terroirs of her 9
hectares vineyard in the Côte des Blancs, of which Le Clos Cazals of 3.70
hectares in Oger.
Champagne Claude Cazals
28 rue du Grand Mont
51 190 Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 52 26
Email: contact@champagne-cazals.fr
