lundi 4 mai 2020

Champagne Beaumont des Crayères – Fleur de Prestige 2004

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015

(Approximately 28 euros a bottle)

 

Founded in 1955, the Champagne Beaumont of Crayères gathers 240 wine growers who carefully work 90 hectares, planted with the three grape varieties of Champagne (60% Pinot Meunier, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Noir). Settled on the chalky terroir of the hillsides of Epernay, it benefits from an exceptional exposure, mainly north, allowing to protect the purity of the Champagnes. 550,000 bottles are marketed every year, of which 75% at export. 

 

Traditional and luxurious presentation.

 

Visual Aspect: 

 

·        White gold, with bright green tinges.

·        Fine bubbles.

·        Sophisticated bead of bubbles.

 

Nose:

 

·        Blooming.

·        At first subtle and elegant, with aromas of apple and pear compote, of hazelnut and white flowers, thanks to the Chardonnay (50%).

·        The nose then reveals a sensual maturity, with generous notes of honey, Viennese pastries, delicately toasted, result of eight years of ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement.

·        The patience reveals the small crystallized red fruits (blackcurrant and raspberry) and the violet, the expressions of the Pinot Noir (40%) and the Pinot Meunier (10%).

 

Palate :

 

·        Pure first taste, result of the rigorous selection of the noblest part of the grape juices during pressing (Coeur de cuvée), but also the signature of the particular terroir of the hillsides of Epernay (hillsides of Mardeuil), mainly facing north.

·        Remarkable presence, carried by a beautiful minerality and by a soft and smooth effervescence.

·        Charming slightly tangy and spicy finish.

·        Very good length on the palate.

 

With this cuvée Fleur de Prestige 2004, Olivier Piazza, its maker, executive manager of the Champagne Beaumont of Crayères and enologist, proposes us an accomplished Champagne, with a real vital force, a remarkable performance of the late year 2004.

 

To enjoy for the aeéritif or during your meal shared with friends, to accompany a bar marinated in the charmoula, for example.

 

Champagne Beaumont des Crayères

BP 1030

51 318 Epernay cedex

France

Tél. : +33 (0)3 26 55 29 40

Fax : +33 (0)3 26 54 26 30

Siège social : 64, rue de la Liberté - 51 530 Mardeuil

mail : contact@champagne-beaumont.com

http://www.champagne-beaumont.com