Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 25 euros per bottle)
Traditional and neat
bottle.
Aspect:
Gold, crystal-clear.
Very fine bubbles.
Elegant bead of foam, persistent after the Champagne service.
Nose:
Radiant, it immediately charms with its generous sensuality.
The harmonious aromas of
candied red fruits (cherry, raspberry and blackcurrant) punctuated by delicious spices, signatures of
the Pinot Noir (50%), subtly mingle with the endless elegance of the Chardonnay
(50%) with its scents of citrus fruits, apple, pear, apricot and raisin.
Later, the fullness of
the Champagne is unveiled, result of the patient ageing on laths of the bottles
before riddling and disgorgement (5 years) with autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts, with volutes of
caramel and honey, coupled with touches of roasted coffee.
Palate:
Pure attack, thanks to
the rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée)
during the soft pressing of the grapes harvested by hand in 2010, reinforced by
the timely stop of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines.
The mouth is then
revealed, sensual, graceful balance supported by the bright minerality.
We find again apple,
pear and red fruits already perceived at the nose, highlighted by the silky
effervescence.
Warm and acidulous
finish.
Remarkable length on the
palate.
With this Cuvée
Spéciale, Arnaud Duval, its producer, was able to orchestrate the symbiosis
between Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, to revisit with talent the Grand Cru of
Verzenay and to offer us a radiant Champagne.
Ideal as an aperitif, it
will accompany you until meal, with a lobster cassoulet and pincers in tempura, for example.
Wine grower for 3
generations, the Champagne House Duval-Charpentier cultivates with passion its
vineyard of 5.5 hectares. Arnaud Duval and his partner Claire try their hardest
to produce with precision around 15,000 bottles of authentic Champagnes per year,
variations inspired around the Grand Cru terroir
of Verzenay in the Mountain of Reims, inside their new facilities of Sillery
inaugurated with the 2016 harvest.
Champagne
Duval-Charpentier
11, allée Robert Delloye
ZAC Sillery 2
51500 Sillery
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 49 48 92
Cel.: +33 (0)6 77 00 11 72
