Guide VERON des Champagnes 2016
(around
18 euros per bottle)
Luxurious and festive presentation.
Aspect :
·
Deep colour, amber, the result of the perfect control of the maceration
of the grapes (48 to 72 hours), after a careful destemming and before
devatting.
·
Very fine bubbles.
·
Elegant bead of bubbles, persistent on the periphery of the flute after
service.
Nose :
·
Generous and radiant opening.
·
Real
endless farandole of scents of red and black fruits, fresh and stewed
(blackcurrant, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, plum,…), enhanced by
a joyful touch of spices (pepper, cinnamon and liquorice), signature of the
Pinot Noir (50%) and of the Pinot Meunier (50%), harvested by hand in 2011.
·
Patience
is rewarded by the appearance of hints of butter, walnut, almond and hazelnut.
Palate :
·
Frank and dense
attack.
·
The mouth then becomes deep and ample, perhaps thanks
to the judicious fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation on the base wines
and to the dosage, with 10 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
·
Revealing the red fruits already perceived at the
nose, tasty, enhanced by the dynamic effervescence.
·
At once lively, warm and deliciously acidulous finish.
·
Good length on the palate.
With this Rosé de
Saignée (3000 bottles per year), Lionel Chardonnet, its producer, delivers
us a Champagne rosé with character, beautiful interpretation of the terroir of
Celles-lès-Condés, exclusive origin of the grapes.
To taste
as an aperitif, or preferably during meals with friends, to go with a guinea
fowl with with fowl livers and caramelised chicory, for example.
Settled in Avize (Grand Cru) on a
vineyard of 6 hectares passionately cultivated, divided between the Côte des
Blancs (3 hectares) and Celles-lès-Condés in the Marne Valley (3 hectares), the
Champagne House Chardonnet et fils has been trying hard for 3 generations to
produce carefully and to market around 30,000 bottles of Champagnes with
personality per year, following the traditional method.
Champagne Chardonnet et Fils
7 rue de l’Abattoir
51 190 Avize
France
Tel. : +33 (0)3 26 57 78 30
Fax. : +33 (0)3 26 57 84 46
www.champagnechardonnetetfils.fr
