dimanche 1 mars 2020

Champagne René Geoffroy - Les Houtrants Complantés Brut Nature


Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017

(around 120 euros per bottle)
Mythical Champagne

Numbered bottle, sober and luxurious.

Aspect:

Pale gold.

Fine bubbles.

Fine bead of foam.

Nose:

Touching.

The delicious aromas of white and yellow fruits, white flowers, hazelnut and delicate spices, gently interlace scents of red and black fruits and exotic fruits, enhanced by an iodized breath.

Later, the perfumes of honey and pastries join in, expressions of the maturity of the cuvée obtained by a double ageing on laths before disgorgement: initially in magnums at a pressure of three bar for the reserve wines, then in bottles (4 years) with corks.

Palate:

Pure attack due to the rigorous selection of the very first juices (first part of the cuvée) during the pressing of the grapes.

The mouth then reveals its fullness with a sensual effervescence, thanks to the low pressure (5 bar instead of 6) obtained during the prise de mousse.

Tasty finish.

Great length on the palate.

With this cuvée Les Houtrants Complantés Brut Nature, Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy tried his hardest to eliminate the technical aspects, with 5 varietals (Pinot Noir, Meunier, Chardonnay, Arbanne and Petit Meslier), perpetual multi-vintage blending (each year since 2008), natural yeasts from the terroir, no malolactic fermentation, no filtration and dosage, to better reveal the vital force of the terroir of the plot of 40 ares Les Houtrants, planted in 2003 and worked with a horse in Cumières.

Ideal to accompany a seafood platter, for example.

Settled in Aÿ, the Champagne House René Geoffroy perpetuates the champenois traditions since the 17th century. An endless quest for the quality of grapes, from a vineyard of 14 hectares mainly located in Cumières, in the Marne Valley, cultivated with a real desire to reduce the environmental footprint and to respect the soils, with natural ploughing and cover planting, allows to compose with gentleness highly expressive Champagnes.

Champagne René Geoffroy
4 Rue Jeanson
51 160 Aÿ
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 55 32 31
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 54 66 50