Guide VERON des Champagnes 2016
(around
30 euros per bottle)
Sober
presentation, bright and luxurious.
Aspect :
·
Golden and sparkling.
·
Very fine bubbles.
·
Subtle bead.
Nose :
·
Radiant, it slowly
reveals its sensuel and endless aromatic grace.
·
The refined
elegance of the Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the cuvée, with its scents of citrus fruits, apple, almond, hazelnut
and white flowers is enhanced by the well-defined maturity of the Champagne,
with its joyful fragrances of butter, pastries, evolving towards chocolate and
roasted coffee, obtained by 6 years of ageing on laths of the bottles before
disgorgement.
Palate :
·
Pure attack, allowed by the selection of the first
juices (cuvée) during the pressing of
the grapes, and reinforced by the adjusted dosage with only 6 g/L of sugar
added at disgorgement.
·
The mouth then becomes tasty, carried by a vibrant
minerality.
·
Deep finish, coupled with exotic fruits definitely due
to the long alcoholic fermentation of the base wines (4 months), at very low
temperature (10°C), fulfilled by the natural yeasts from the terroir.
·
Fabulous length on the palate.
This restricted
Cuvée Fascination Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru Extra Brut 2007 (3,900
bottles) translates all the talent of winemaker of Alexandre Le Brun, wine
grower, who was able to draw out the quintessence of his 58 years old plot,
from the locality “le fond derrière Mont Aigu”, in the Grand Cru of Chouilly in
the Côte des Blancs.
To taste during the meal, to accompagny a loin of lamb
with thyme, for example.
Ninth
generation of wine growers settled in Monthelon since 1750, Alexandre Le Brun
cultivates his wine estate of 3 hectares of old vines (more than 40 years old)
in the greatest respect of the environment. Visionary and creative winemaker,
he produces and markets around 10,000 bottles of extraordinary Champagnes per year,
in a perpetual quest of the ancestral traditions and of the appropriate
expression of his terroirs.
Champagne Alexandre Le Brun
9 rue Saint
Vincent
51 530
Monthelon
France
Tel. : +33
(0)3 26 59 73 51
Cel. : +33
(0)6 81 59 23 76
Email :
contact@champagne-lebrun.fr
www.champagne-lebrun.fr
