lundi 27 janvier 2020

Champagne Collet - Brut Vintage 2008 - Collection Privée


Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 56 euros per bottle)

Numbered bottle, sober and luxurious, in an original box So Collet, with a sophisticated elegance.

Aspect:

Pale gold.

Fine and brilliant bubbles.

Silky tears.

Nose:

Heady aromatic waltz, source of beautiful feelings.

The majority of Chardonnay with 75%, charms us with its fine scents of apple, pear and candied citrus fruits, coupled with refined woody notes.

Later, the nose unveils its generosity with its caressing aromas of honey and pastries discreetly spicy and roasted, characteristic sign of the 8 years of patient ageing on laths of the bottles, with autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts.

Palate:

Pure opening, with a remarkable elegance, reinforced by the timely stop of the malolactic fermentation of the 58% of base wines vinified and aged in barrels, and by the adjusted dosage with only 6 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.

Joyful balance, highlighted by touches of red and black fruits, signatures of the black varietals (20% of Pinot Noir and 5% of Meunier).

Life-giving and mineral finish.

Great length on the palate.

For this Brut Vintage 2008 - Collection Privée, Sébastien Walasiak, cellar master of the Champagne House Collet, was able to orchestrate with accuracy and sensitivity the meeting of the best Crus of Champagne to offer us a well-defined Champagne, unforgettable delicacy.

Ideal companion for gastronomic meals, with a roasted chicken in salt crust and white truffle polenta, for example.

Most ancient company of Champagne producers, the coopérative générale des vignerons de la Champagne délimitée (COGEVI) was founded in 1921 in Aÿ under the leadership of Alphonse Perrin. Supported by its Cité du Champagne inaugurated in 2014 and true to the original ethical values of independence and protection of the champenois heritage, the Champagne House Collet rigorously selects grapes from the best Premiers and Grands Crus terroirs to vinify them with care, in small volumes, and to create gastronomic Champagnes with personality.

Champagne Collet
14 boulevard Pasteur
CS 30008
51160 Aÿ
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 55 15 88