Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 30 euros per
bottle)
Neat bottle, decorated
with an elegant satin label.
Aspect:
Gold, bright.
Very fine bubbles.
Refined bead of bubbles.
Nose:
Touching scents.
The Chardonnay,
exclusive varietal of the Champagne, imposes its elegance with its aromas of
apple, pear, peach, citrus fruits, almond, driven by an iodized and mentholated
breath.
Later, the nose becomes
sensual with its gentle touches of honey, translations of the fullness of the cuvée obtained by 7 years of ageing on
laths of the bottles in the cellars of the House, before riddling and
disgorgement.
Palate:
The liveliness of the
opening, result of the rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée) during the soft pressing of the
grapes freshly harvested, gives way to an intense mineral tension, mineral
characteristic sign of the chalk.
The mouth becomes
sensual thanks to the judicious fulfilment of the malolactic fermentation of
the base wines and to the generous dosage, with 11 g/L of sugar added at
disgorgement.
Tasty finish, punctuated
by delicate spices.
Remarkable length on the
palate.
With this Cuvée Signé
François Millésime 2009, François Larmandier was able to choose, in 2009, the
Chardonnay of his best plots of vine in the Grands Crus of Cramant and Chouilly
(a majority in Cramant), to offer us a highly expressive Champagne.
To taste from aperitif
to meal, with a sole turban, asparagus and lemon zest, for example.
Founded in Vertus in
1977 by Guy Larmandier, the Champagne House Guy Larmandier, now directed by
Colette Larmandier and her children François and Marie-Hélène, has been
perpetuating with passion the champenois
traditions. The grapes of old plots of vine (over 35 years old in average) of
the 9.20 hectares vineyard, vinified with talent, give birth each year to
around 95,000 bottles of authentic Champagnes, heady revelations of the
majority of Chardonnay cultivated in the Grands Crus (Cramant and Chouilly) and
Premiers Crus (Vertus and Cuis) of the Côte des Blancs.
Champagne Guy Larmandier
30 rue du général Kœnig
51130 Vertus
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 52 12 41
Email: guy.larmandier@wanadoo.fr
