Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around 25 euros per bottle)
Blue bottle, original and luxurious, decorated with a radiant three dimensional label.
Aspect:
Pale gold, brilliant.
Fine bubbles.
Reserved bead of bubbles, persistent on the periphery of the flute after service.
Nose:
Gourmet and generous.
Harmonious scents of nice ripe apple and pear, coupled with hints of citrus fruits and exotic fruits (mango, pineapple and litchi), touching signatures of the Chardonnay (40%).
Later, the Pinot Noir (50%) and the Meunier (10%) takes us into a heady whirl of red and black fruits (raspberry, blackberry and blackcurrant), brightened up with delicate notes of brioche.
Palate:
Neat attack, balanced, definitely obtained by the rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée), during the pressing of the grapes harvested by hand in 2013.
The mouth then runs through a gentle and enveloping warmth, thanks to the fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines and to the adjusted dosage, with 6 g/L of sugar added at the traditional disgorgement on the spot.
Deliciously acidulous and mineral finish, carried by the dynamic effervescence.
Good length on the palate.
With this restricted Cuvée Bleuette (2,480 bottles), Frédéric Cez and his daughter Aurélie, were able to find the right blending of terroirs of the Marne Valley, with the Crus of Oeuilly and Boursault essentially, to offer us a festive Champagne, vibrant homage to Bleuette Cez, co-founder of the House.
To taste from aperitif to meal, with a roast pigeon for example.
Settled in Oeuilly for 7 generations, the Champagne House André Cez Rondeau et Fils, now directed by Frédéric Cez, joined by his daughter Aurélie in 2013, perpetuates the family tradition. A vineyard of 5.5 hectares, cultivated in the greatest respect of the environment on the left bank of the Marne, with natural cover planting of the plots and weeding stop, and a controlled oenology give birth to around 23,000 bottles of quality Champagnes each year under the brand created in 1970.
Champagne André Cez Rondeau et Fils
6 Impasse du Palais
51480 Oeuilly
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 58 31 72
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 59 71 17
