Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around
35 euros per bottle)
Organic Champagne
Sober and luxurious
bottle.
Aspect:
Golden and brilliant.
Delicate bubbles.
Fine and persistent
bead of foam.
Nose:
Splendid, it reveals
a radiant generosity, source of intense emotions, definitely obtained by the
long period between disgorgement and marketing specified on the back label.
Farandole endless of
fragrances of candied red and black fruits, punctuated by spices, signatures of
the Pinot Noir, harvested by hand in 2012, supported by a lively mentholated
and aniseed breath, vibrant characteristic sign of the Grands Crus of origin of
the grapes (Bouzy and Tours-sur-Marne).
Later, the nose
unveils touches of honey, barely smoked and roasted, expressions of the
maturity of the Champagne obtained by 3 years of ageing on laths of the
bottles, with a « poignettage », before disgorgement.
Palate:
Marked and dense
attack, supported by the minerality of the chalk.
The mouth becomes silky
thanks to the vinification by the indigenous yeasts and the ageing of the base
wines in small oak barrels, with bâtonnages.
We find again the red
fruits already perceived at the nose, punctuated by spices, driven by the
creamy effervescence.
Remarkable length on
the palate.
Erick De Sousa was
able to vinify with gentleness this Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Brut, with a
natural settling of the base wines, without filtration, to offer a sensual and
harmonious interpretation of the Pinot Noir.
To taste as an
aperitif or during a meal, with a chicken risotto and green asparagus, for
example.
Established in Avize, the Champagne House De Sousa
cultivates according to the biodynamy principles its vineyard of 10 hectares,
spread over the Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs for the Chardonnay and of
the Mountain of Reims for the Pinot Noir. Old vines, respect of soils partly
cultivated with horse, vinification and ageing in wood, low dosage of SO2,
presence of a quartz and distribution of music from Mozart in winery: an
endless quest for harmony to allow the full development of wines and guarantee
the revelation of the terroirs.
Champagne De
Sousa
12 place Léon
Bourgeois
51190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57
53 29
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 52
30 64
Email:
contact@champagnedesousa.com
www.champagnedesousa.com
