Champagne Leclaire-Thiefaine - Cuvée 01 Apolline - Grand Cru d’Avize

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2021 (around 26 euros per bottle)
Aspect:   White gold, coupled with emerald glints.   Fine and dynamic bubbles.   Nose:   Sensual and delicate aromatic harmony.   The Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the cuvée, carefully harvested by hand in 2014, reveals all its elegance in fragrances of white fruits and candied citrus fruits, supported by an iodized and mentholated breath.	Palate:   Heady liveliness, driven by the chalky minerality and reinforced by the adjusted dosage with 4 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.   The mouth is revealed generous thanks to the ageing of 70% of the base wines in oak barrels, with bâtonnage, and to the 4 years of ageing of the bottles on laths.   With its Cuvée 01 Apolline - Grand Cru d’Avize, the Champagne house Leclaire-Thiefaine offers us a touching interpretation of the Grand Cru of Avize, in the Côte des Blancs.
Champagne Leclaire-Thiefaine 24 rue Pasteur 51 190 Avize Tel.: +33 (0)6 79 56 78 34 Email: champagneleclairethiefaine@gmail.com www.champagneleclairethiefaine.com