mardi 26 novembre 2019

Champagne Vazart-Coquart & Fils - Grand Bouquet 2012 - Grand Cru - Blanc de Blancs

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2019

(around 35 euros per bottle)

Luxurious presentation. We find again the three flying geese on the cap, emblem of the house.

Aspect:

Gold, brilliant.

Fine and dynamic bubbles.

Fine bead of foam and generous tears.

Nose:

Sensual bouquet.

The Chardonnay, exclusive varietal, reveals its endless grace with its scents of candied citrus fruits, apple, pear and white flowers, punctuated by notes of exotic fruits delicately iodized and mentholated.

The joyful maturity is then slowly unveiled with its touches of pastries, barely spicy, characteristic signs of the autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts during the 5 years of ageing on laths.

Palate:

Dazzling vitality at the opening, coupled with the mineral purity of the chalk with belemnites and enhanced by the adjusted dosage with 6 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.

The bright tension takes us to give way to an enveloping gentleness, reinforced by the judicious fulfilment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines.

Radiant finish, with a heady bitterness underlined by spices.

Remarkable length on the palate.

With this Grand Bouquet 2012 - Grand Cru - Blanc de Blancs, Jean-Pierre Vazart was able to comprehend with sensitivity the soul of the vintage to sign a vertiginous interpretation of the Chardonnay in the Grand Cru of Chouilly.

To taste from aperitif to meal, with duckling aglets and quince chutney, for example.

Jean-Pierre Vazart has been perpetuating since 1995 the endless quest for the original flavours started in 1954 by his grandparents, Louis and Marie Vazart-Coquart. The 11 hectares vineyard, in Chouilly, Grand Cru of the Côte des Blancs, is cultivated in the greatest respect of the environment (certified Haute Valeur Environnementale since 2012, Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne since 2015 and in the process of conversion to organic viticulture). The highest quality of the grapes and a controlled œnology are the source of the 70,000 bottles of touching champagnes produced each year.

Champagne Vazart-Coquart & Fils
6 rue des Partelaines 
51 530 Chouilly
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 55 40 04