Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
45 euros per bottle)
Organic Champagne
Original and sober presentation. Name and label
evocative of the respect of soils life.
Aspect:
Golden
and bright.
Very
fine bubbles.
Persistent
and refined bead of bubbles.
Nose:
Radiant
and touching.
Heady
maturity, the one of the grape carefully harvested by hand on old Grand Cru
plots of vigne, exclusively cultivated with horse to avoid soil compaction but
also the one of the cuvée, with its
scents of pastries obtained by 3 years of ageing on laths of the bottles,
before disgorgement.
Later,
the aromas of nice ripe apple, pear and citrus fruits are unveiled, signatures
of the Chardonnay, supported by an iodized and mentholated wave of freshness.
Palate:
Pure
attack allowed by an adjusted dosage, with only 3 g/L of sugar added at
disgorgement, enhanced by the vibrant minerality which carries us throughout
the tasting.
The
mouth then becomes caressing, a characteristic sign of an incredible softness.
Dense
and generous finish, punctuated by delicate spices, definitely the expression
of the vinification in 225 liters oak barrels, realized by indigenous yeasts
(natural yeasts of the terroir).
Infinite
length on the palate.
With this restricted cuvée
Mycorhize (1,212 bottles), symbol of the respect of the natural symbiosis of
vine roots and mushrooms, Erick De Sousa put the biodynamy and an accurate and
gentle oenology in the service of an exceptional Champagne, to offer us this
moment of grace, fragile and improbable.
To taste at any time, to accompany a marinated salmon filet with mashed
peas and wasabi, for example.
Passionate wine grower, Erick De
Sousa was able to pass down his love for noble terroirs to his 3 children, Charlotte, Julie and Valentin, to
continue the family saga started in the fifties. A vineyard of 9.5 hectares,
cultivated in harmony with nature according to the organic viticulture
principles, gives birth to around 85,000 bottles of rare Champagnes per year.
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
