Guide VERON des Champagnes 2016
(around 23 euros per bottle)
Blue
bottle, original and neat.
Aspect :
·
Golden, brilliant.
·
Fine bubbles.
·
Delicate bead of foam.
Nose :
·
Generous
and radiant.
·
Sensual aromas of butter,
honey, caramel, evolving towards notes of gingerbread and brioche, expressions
of the beautiful maturity of the cuvée
obtained by 3 years of ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement, with
autolysis of the prise de mousse
yeasts.
·
The Chardonnay (50%) is then
slowly revealed with gourmet scents of apple, candied citrus fruits, apricot
and raisin, punctuated by fragrances of red and black fruits, signatures of the
Pinot Noir (50%).
Palate :
·
Immediately classy, definitely thanks to the rigorous
selection of the cuvée (first juices)
during the pressing of the grapes, reinforced by timely stop of the malolactic
fermentation of the base wines and by the low dosage, with only 5 g/L of sugar
added at disgorgement.
·
The mouth then becomes deep, enhanced by the
minerality, a characteristic sign of the plots of old vines (44 to 82 years
old), well exposed, on which the grapes were harvested in 2011.
·
Gourmet and warm
finish.
·
Great length on the palate.
With this cuvée L’Apogée du
Terroir, Florent Laval, wine grower, was able to find the improbable balance
between the reserved power of the Pinot Noir and the elegance of the
Chardonnay, to offer us a touching interpretation of the terroir of Cumières.
To taste during your festive meals, with a roasted
venison loin, for example.
Settled
in Cumières, in the heart of the Marne Valley, the Champagne House Laval-Louïs
cultivates with passion its vineyard of 4.4 hectares composed of 53% of Pinot
Noir, 24% of Chardonnay and 23% of Pinot Meunier, south-southeast facing in the
Premiers Crus of Cumières (80%) and Hautvillers (6%) and the Damery commune
(14%). An oenology which respects the grapes and wines, without filtration nor
clarification, give birth each year to around 20,000 bottles of Champagnes with
character.
Champagne Laval-Louïs
309 rue des
bois des Jots
51 480
Cumières
France
Tel. : +33
(0)3 26 51 72 98
Fax. : +33
(0)3 26 58 86 43
Email :
champagnelavallouis@orange.fr
www.champagne-laval-louis.fr
