mercredi 22 janvier 2020

Champagne Roger Manceaux - Brut Blanc de Noirs


Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 25 euros per bottle)

Original and luxurious presentation, in a traditional bottle engraved with the note « GRAND CRU ».

Aspect:

Golden, bright and crystal-clear.

Fine and dynamic bubbles.

Elegant bead of bubbles persistent after the Champagne service.

Nose:

Intense and festive, source of emotions and intense pleasures.

Heady scents of red and black fruits (strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, redcurrant and blueberry), touching and endless harmony.

Later, subtle spices (liquorice and nutmeg) maliciously mingle with aromas of caramel and roasted coffee, expressions of the maturity of the Champagne obtained by the blending of base wines from four years of harvest (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014).

Palate:

Lively opening, obtained by the rigorous selection of the cuvée (first juices), purer, during the pressing of the grapes, and reinforced by the adjusted dosage with only 5 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.

The mouth is then slowly unveiled, tasty and warm, perhaps thanks to the judicious fulfilment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines, decorated with touching touches of cherry liqueur and mirabelle plum.

Dense finish, barely mentholated, highlighted by a touching minerality.

Great length on the palate.

With this Brut Blanc de Noirs, last creation of the House, Patrick Manceaux, its producer, offers us a Champagne with personality, inspired interpretation of the Grand Cru terroir of Mailly-Champagne, exclusive origin of the Pinot Noir.

To taste from aperitif to meal, with a candied leg of lamb, for example.

Settled in Rilly-la-Montagne, in the Mountain of Reims, Agnès and her brother Patrick Manceaux cultivate with passion their vineyard of 12 hectares, driven by love of the land and the constant desire to reduce the environmental footprint. Around 90,000 bottles of a range of highly expressive Champagnes are produced each year with gentleness and accuracy, variations inspired around Grands Crus and Premiers Crus terroirs.

Champagne Roger Manceaux
5-7 rue de la Liberté
51 500 Rilly-la-Montagne
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 03 42 57