Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 74
euros per bottle)
Mythical Champagne
Inimitable bottle.
Poetic name, reference to ashes which covered the plot in the Urville fire in
1836.
Aspect:
Pale gold.
Refined bubbles.
Elegant bead of bubbles.
Nose:
Sensual and endless
aromatic symphony.
The joyful touches of
candied red and black fruits, barely spicys, characteristic sign of the Pinot
Noir (55%), gently interlace the fragrances of white fruits, citrus fruits and
almond, highlighted by a mentholated breath, expressions of the Chardonnay
(45%).
Maturity heady with
aromas of honey and roasted coffee, result of 7 years of ageing on laths of the
bottles before disgorgement.
Palate:
Pure and dense attack
thanks to the selection of the first press juices (cuvée) and to the adjusted dosage with only 5 g/L of sugar added at
disgorgement, as a liqueur ripened in wood.
The mouth becomes
caressing, deep and enveloping, enhanced by the vibrant minerality, the one of
the chalky soils of the Kimmeridgian of the plot, with their particular
pebbles.
Silky and radiant
finish, perhaps thanks to the ageing of 9 months, in casks, of 35% of the base
wines.
Unrivalled length on the
palate.
Slow alcoholic
fermentation of the base wines at low temperature, natural settling of juices
and wines, absence of pumping… Michel Drappier was able to orchestrate with
talent the power of the Pinot Noir and the elegance of the Chardonnay to
enhance the radiance of this Grande Sendrée 2008.
To taste from aperitif
to meal, with a poultry tournedos and truffles, for example.
Created in Urville in
1808, in the Côte des Bar, the Champagne House Drappier is based on its 57
hectares vineyard, of which a part is cultivated according to the organic
viticulture principles, to perpetuate the family traditions. Since 1979, Michel
Drappier, emblematic wine grower, produces with sensitivity and accuracy,
without filtration and with a very low dosage of sulphur, around 1.5 million of
bottles per year of a range inspired by natural Champagnes.
Champagne Drappier
Rue des vignes
10 200 Urville
France
Tel.: +33 (0)3 25 27 40
15
Fax.: +33 (0)3 25 27 41
19
Email:
info@champagne-drappier.com
