CUVÉE :
Champagne Expression
TERROIR :
Cumières and Hautvillers on several different soils
growing the 3 grape varieties.
BLEND :
50% of the year 2018 and 50% perpetual reserve started in 1970
DOSAGE REGIME :
5 g/l
FORMATS :
Bottle, Magnum and Jéroboam
WINEMAKING :
Manual harvesting with sorting. Traditional Coquard wine press. Plot-by-plot vinification in temperature-controlled enamelled steel vats; reserve wine partly kept in oak casks.
Avoidance of malolactic fermentation.
TASTING :
Ripe and fragrant, with an expressive bouquet that releases beautiful aromas of apple sauce, enhanced with notes of vanilla. On the palate, the attack is refined with a broad range of fruit and a beautifully fresh finish.
PARRING :
Keep this Champagne Expression for aperitifs or with starters like seafood pastries or braised veal sweetbreads.
WINEMAKING :
Manual harvesting with sorting. Traditional Coquard wine press. Plot-by-plot vinification in temperature-controlled enamelled steel vats; reserve wine partly kept in oak casks. Avoidance of malolactic fermentation.
TASTING :
Ripe and fragrant, with an expressive bouquet that releases beautiful aromas of apple sauce, enhanced with notes of vanilla. On the palate, the attack is refined with a broad range of fruit and a beautifully fresh finish.
PARRING :
Keep this Champagne Expression for aperitifs or with starters like seafood pastries or braised veal sweetbreads.
Champagne Pureté Brut nature
PRESS REVIEWS
2019 – James.Suckling.com : 91/100
2019 –RVF Guide: 14/20
2018 –Gault Millau Guide : 16/20
2018 –RVF Guide : 14.5/20
2018 –Gault Millau Guide: 15/20
2018/2019 –Tyson Stelzer Guide – Australia: 92/100
2016 -Bettane & Desseauve : 15/20
Burghound – USA : 92/100
Wine Advocate – USA : 89/100
Wine Spectator – USA : 90/100
Stephen Tanzer’s – USA : 91/100
