Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 27 euros per bottle)
Sober and luxurious
bottle.
Aspect:
Golden and brilliant.
Refined bubbles.
Elegant bead of bubbles.
Nose:
Endless and touching
aromatic melody.
Radiant aromas of
candied red and black fruits in fond of kirsch, punctuated by delicate spices, touching
signatures of the Meunier (50%).
The Chardonnay (50%)
gently establishes itself with its notes of citrus fruits, white fruits and
exotic fruits, before giving way to generous scents of pastries and roasted
coffee, characteristic sign of the long ageing in bottles (7 years) before
riddling and disgorgement.
Palate:
Lively attack obtained
by the rigorous selection of the juices from the first pressing (cuvée) purer, and by the perfect control
of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines.
Sensual caress,
reinforced by the accurate dosage with 8 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement,
underlined by a touch of honey, characteristic sign of the particular
minerality of the clay-limestone Premier Cru terroir of Pierry, with its silex en depth.
Finish with a remarkable
presence.
Great length on the
palate.
For this cuvée Brut Réserve Premier Cru of the
Classique collection, Sébastien Lapierre, œnologist and cellar master of the
Champagne House Vincent d’Astrée, was able to combine years (70% from 2009 and
30% from 2008) to reveal the terroir
of Pierry and establish the style of the House.
To taste as an aperitif
or during meals among friends with a ray and black butter sauce, for example.
Founded in 1956, the
Champagne House Vincent d’Astrée gathers in Pierry 220 passionate wine growers
who cultivate their 85 hectares vineyard, planted in Premier Cru and
well-exposed on the southern slopes of Epernay, with the real desire to reduce
the environmental footprint. A new thermo-regulated fermenting room, in the
service of a patient and natural œnology, without additives, enables to produce
highly expressive Champagnes, variations inspired around the Meunier, following
the example of the new collection « Les constellations » with the benevolence
of Saint-Vincent and stars.
Champagne Vincent d’Astrée
1 rue Carnot
51530 Pierry
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 54 03 23
