Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 17
euros per bottle)
Luxurious and
traditional bottle.
Aspect:
Gold, brilliant.
Refined and festives
bubbles.
Sparkling brilliance.
Nose:
Outstanding perfumed
journey.
The Chardonnay (70%), of
noble origins (Grand Cru Avize), with its touches of citrus fruits, apple and
pear, establishes itself with elegance from the very first moment, prelude to
the generosity of the Pinot Noir (30%) originally from Celles-lès-Condé in the
Marne Valley, with aromas of candied red and black fruits, punctuated by
delicate spices.
Later, the beautiful
maturity is unveiled with notes of honey and caramel, and then of roasted
coffee, result of 6 years of ageing on laths of the bottles before riddling and
disgorgement, reinforced by the presence of 50% of base wine from a continuous
blending (solera).
Palate:
Lively opening thanks to
the selection of the juices from the first pressing (cuvée), purer, highlighted by a mineral breath, the one of the
chalk of the Côte des Blancs, cradle of the House.
The mouth then becomes
radiant, with sensuality and generosity, coupled with soft spices, driven by
the creamy effervescence.
Delicious finish.
Remarkable length on the
palate.
With this cuvée Réserve Brut, Lionel Chardonnet,
passionate wine grower, was able to orchestrate the meeting of varietals and terroirs to offer us a well-defined
Champagne, source of intense emotions, and with a very good value for money.
To taste as an aperitif
ou during a meal, with a capon ballotine and crayfishes, for example.
Under the leadership of
Lionel Chardonnet, at the head of the wine estate since 1990, assisted by his
wife Valérie, the Champagne House Chardonnet et Fils has been perpetuating the champenois traditions for three
generations. It cultivates with care its vineyard of 6 hectares, with 50% of
old plots of vine of Chardonnay in Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs (Avize,
Cramant and Chouilly) and 50% of Pinot Noir and Meunier in Celles-lès-Condé in
the Surmelin Valley, to craft around 30,000 bottles per year of joyful
champagnes.
Champagne Chardonnet et Fils
7 rue de l’Abattoir
51190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 78
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