Guide VERON des Champagnes 2016
(around 27 euros per bottle)
Original
and neat bottle, dressed in red and gold.
Aspect :
·
Golden and bright.
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Very fine bubbles.
·
Refined bead of
bubbles, persistent after service of the flute.
Nose :
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Charming and complex, source
of intense pleasure.
·
Initially marked by the
majority of Pinot Noir (85%), with tasty aromas of red and black fruits
(strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blackcurrant and red currant), punctuated
by delicate notes of spices (vanilla, cinnamon and liquorice).
·
Later, the scents of citrus
fruits, apple, white flowers, almond and hazelnut, barely mentholated,
signatures of the Chardonnay (15%), harmoniously come to mingle with fragrances
of honey, caramel and coffee, translations of the maturity of the cuvée obtained by a long ageing on laths
of the bottles (3 years) before disgorgement.
Palate :
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Straight and fresh attack, allowed by the adjusted
dosage with only 4 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement, underlined by the joyful
minerality, a characteristic sign of the soils of Essoyes and Fontette.
·
The mouth becomes dense, smooth and silky, perhaps thanks
to the judicious fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation.
·
Sensual and tasty
finish.
·
Great length on the palate.
For this cuvée Extra Brut, Guillaume Cartier,
Chef de Cave of the Champagne House Charles Collin, was able to compose an
inspired blending with 80% of base wines from 2010 and 20% of reserve wines
from 2008 and 2009, to offer us a true interpretation of the terroir of the Côte des Bar.
To taste
from aperitif to meal, with a spit roasted Bresse poultry, for example.
Created in 1952, the Champagne House
Charles Collin gathers 140 passionate wine growers from the Côte des Bar. A
vineyard of 330 hectares planted with 90% of Pinot Noir and 10% of Chardonnay,
a production potential of 3 million bottles per year and a controlled oenology,
with long ageing on laths of the bottles before marketing, lead to the
development of a range of high quality Champagnes.
Champagne
Charles Collin
27 rue des
Pressoirs
10 360 Fontette
France
Tel. : +33 (0)3
25 38 31 00
Fax. : +33 (0)3
25 38 31 07
www.champagne-charles-collin.com
