Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 19 euros per bottle)
Luxurious and harmonious presentation.
Aspect:
Gold,
brilliant.
Refined
bubbles.
Fine
bead of bubbles, persistent after service.
Nose:
Elegant
and sensual, source of intense emotions.
The
majority of Chardonnay (90%), reveals all its finesse and its elegance with
scents of nice ripe citrus fruits, apple and pear, highlighted by outstanding
touches of bitter almond delicately iodized and mentholated.
Later,
the maturity becomes more confident with heady scents of honey and beeswax
subtly toasted, results of 4 years of ageing on laths of the bottles before
disgorgement on the spot, with patient autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts.
Palate:
The
liveliness of the opening slowly gives way to a deep and dense balance, thanks
to the Pinot Noir (10%).
The
caressing generosity establishes itself, supported by the 8 g/L of sugar
added at disgorgement, driven by the bright minerality of the chalk with
belemnites and marked by the dynamic effervescence.
Deliciously
acidulous finish, barely spicy.
Remarkable
length on the palate.
With this cuvée Fleuron, Emmanuel Verrier was able
to orchestrate the meeting of vintages (25% of reserve wines from two different
years) and terroirs with 10
localities from two villages facing south-east on the hillsides of the Petit
Morin (between Epernay and Sézanne) to sign a joyful champagne.
Ideal
from aperitif to meal, with a partridge fillet stuffed with truffle, for
example.
Heirs to 4
generations of wine growers, Emmanuel and Laurence Verrier cultivate with passion
their 5 hectares vineyard composed of 35 plots and planted with the 3 champenois varietals (Pinot Noir,
Chardonnay and Meunier), between Etoges and Epernay. Resolutely committed to a
sustainable viticulture approach to reduce the environmental footprint,
certified High Environmental Value, they patiently craft around 30,000 bottles
of champagnes each year, in the greatest respect of the champenois traditions.
Champagne Verrier & fils
Rue des
Rochelles
51 270 Etoges
Tel.: +33 (0)3
26 59 32 42
Email:
champagne.verrier@orange.fr