Guide VERON des Champagnes 2019
(around
39 euros per bottle)
Graceful bottle, with a refined label.
Aspect:
Golden.
Fine bubbles.
Fine bead of foam.
Nose:
Outstanding aromatic harmony.
Generous assortment of aromas of red and
black fruits, driven by subtle spices, signatures of the Pinot Noir (55%) from
the Côte des Bar.
Later, the Chardonnay (45%) selected in the
Côte des Blancs and in the Côte des Bar, is unveiled full of elegance with
outstanding scents of white fruits highlighted by a mentholated breath.
The maturity then establishes itself with
warm touches of roasted coffee, result of 5 years of ageing on laths of the
bottles before riddling and disgorgement.
Palate:
Vertiginous purity obtained by the selection
of the very first juices during the pressing of the grapes (cœur de cuvée), reinforced by the
perfect control of the malolactic fermentation (partial).
The mouth then becomes caressing, reinforced
by a generous dosage with 8 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement as an expedition
liqueur produced with wines aged in oak casks.
Delicious finish, barely woody thanks to the
passage in wood of a part of the base wines.
Unrivalled length on the palate.
With
this Cuvée D, multi-vintages, Michel Parisot, cellar master of the Champagne
house Devaux, was able to orchestrate with talent the meeting of the varietals
and Crus, to establish the captivating style of the Collection D.
To
taste from aperitif to meal, with a sea bream perfumed with absinthe, for
example.
The
100 hectares vineyard is cultivated and selected carefully in the most
beautiful terroirs of the Côte des Bar. A rigorous œnology in the facilities of
the Champagne house Devaux, between pressing as close as possible to the manual
harvest places, selection of the first juices during the pressing of the grapes
(cuvée), separate vinification of the
best plots and ageing of the reserve wines mainly in oak casks, is the source
each year of around 700,000 bottles of touching champagnes, sold in 40 countries.
Champagne Devaux
Domaine de Villeneuve
10 110 Bar-sur-Seine
Tel.: +33 (0)3 25 38 30 65
Email: info@champagne-devaux.fr
