Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
21 euros per bottle)
Original and festive presentation.
Aspect:
Golden
and crystal clear, brightened up with reserved green glints.
Very
fine bubbles.
Delicate
bead of foam, persistent.
Nose:
Sensual,
it is slowly unveiled, reserved.
Delicate
scents of citrus fruits, apple, pear and exotic fruits, supported by a
life-giving iodized and mentholated breath, touching signatures of the
Chardonnay carefully selected in 2010 and 2011.
The
maturity of the Champagne, result of three years of patient ageing on laths of
the bottles before disgorgement, is then revealed with gourmet aromas of honey
and caramel, barely roasted.
Palate:
Lively
opening, obtained by the selection of the cuvée
(first juices) during the soft pressing of the grapes, and by the adjusted
dosage with only 5 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement in the form of expedition
liqueur aged in oak barrels.
The
delicious minerality is revealed with a sensual harmony, reinforced by the
judicious fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines,
highlighted by the creamy effervescence.
Balanced
finish.
Great
length on the palate.
With this Cuvée Tradition Extra Brut, François Larmandier and
Jean-Philippe Waris, its producers, offer us a remarkable interpretation of the
Grands Crus of Cramant and Chouilly, in the Côte des Blancs.
Ideal
from aperitif to meal, with a zander with crisp skin, for example.
Directed
by Marie-Hélène Waris since 2000, assisted by her three children since 2009,
the Champagne House Waris-Larmandier cultivates according to the biodynamy
principles its vineyard of 5 hectares, composed of Grands Crus from the Côte
des Blancs (Cramant, Avize, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Chouilly), completed
by the Premier Cru of Chamery and by terroirs
around Epernay (Mardeuil and Bligny) and from the Côte des Bar (Eguilly,
Avirey-Lingey and Bar-sur-Seine). A controlled oenology allows to produce a
range of high level Champagnes, under the brand created in 1989.
Champagne Waris – Larmandier
608 rempart du Nord
51190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 79 05
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 52 79 52
Cel.: +33 (0)6 83 45 80 07
