Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 26 euros per
bottle)
Original and luxurious
bottle.
Aspect:
Rose-coloured, intense,
coupled with bright amber glints.
Fine and dynamic
bubbles.
Fine bead of foam.
Nose:
Endless farandole of
fragrances of nice ripe red and black fruits, delicious expression of the Pinot
Noir, exclusive varietal of the Champagne, enhanced by 80% of semi-carbonic
maceration.
Later, the cuvée reveals its maturity with
captivating touches of cocoa and roasted coffee, obtained by 5 years of patient
ageing on laths of the bottles before manual riddling and disgorgement on the
spot.
Palate:
Touching balance at the
opening thanks to the accurate dosage with 5 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement
with the traditional expedition liqueur (685 g/L of cane sugar).
We find again the red
and black fruits already perceived at the nose, fabulous delicacy, results of
the racking at the optimum point determined by tasting, after around 4 days of
maceration, rare œnological expertise carefully handed down from father to son
for three generations.
Very great length on the
palate.
For this heady Brut
Rosé, Benoît Tassin, its producer, was able to accompany with sensitivity
grapes harvested by hand at perfect ripeness (10.5 natural alcohol degrees), in
2011, in a plot of the locality « Les Fioles » facing south-east in
Celles-sur-Ource, cultivated with accuracy to obtain low yields.
To taste from aperitif
to meal, with a red fruits tart, for example.
Now assisted by his
daughter, Cyrielle, who joined the wine estate in 2016 and while his son
Clément is preparing his BTS (Advanced Technician Certificate in viticulture
and œnology in the Lycée Viticole de la Champagne, Benoît Tassin, eighth
generation of passionate wine growers, has been perpetuating the champenois traditions of welcome and
friendliness with its museum of the old bottle. Its vineyard of 4.75 hectares,
established in Essoyes and Celles-sur-Ource in the Côte des Bar, gives birth to
around 16,000 bottles per year of quality Champagnes.
Champagne Benoît Tassin
6 rue de l’église
10110 Celles-sur-Ource
Tel.: +33 (0)3 25 38 52 27
www.champagne-benoit-tassin.com
