Guide VERON des Champagnes 2016
(around 25 euros per bottle)
Refined
presentation.
Aspect :
·
Golden, brightened
up with luminous green glints.
·
Fine bubbles.
·
Delicate bead of bubbles.
Nose :
·
Intense and with a joyful
complexity.
·
Touches of citrus fruits,
apple, pear, almond and hazelnut, subtly mentholated, elegant signatures of the
Chardonnay (50%), selected on the Premier Cru terroir of Taissy.
·
The Champagne slowly takes us
into a sensual aromatic universe, with some gentle notes of pastry, honey and
caramel, moving towards roasted coffee, expression of the great maturity,
obtained by the ageing on laths of the bottles for 5 years, before
disgorgement.
·
Later, the Pinot Noir (50%) carefully
chosen in the Grand Cru of Mailly-Champagne is revealed at last, with its compilation
of red fruits and spices.
Palate :
·
Pure attack, dense, reinforced by the stop of the
malolactic fermentation of the base wines and by the adjusted dosage with only
6 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
·
The mouth then becomes deep, enhanced by the vibrant
minerality of the chalky soils.
·
Deliciously acidulous finish, barely spicy.
·
Remarkable length on the palate.
For this Brut
Millésimé 2008, Patrick Manceaux, its producer, was able to select his
oldest plots (45 to 58 years), to offer us a touching interpretation of the
great year 2008.
To taste
from aperitif to meal, to accompany Breton prawns just seared, for example.
Settled in Rilly-la-Montagne on a
wine estate of 12 hectares of Grand Cru (Mailly-Champagne) and Premiers Crus
(Rilly-la-Montagne, Trois-Puits, Taissy and Villers-Allerand) composed by the 3
champenois varietals (45% of Pinot
Noir, 30% of Pinot Meunier and 25% of Chardonnay), the Champagne House Roger
Manceaux tries hard to perpetuate the family traditions. A viticulture focused
on reducing the environmental footprint and a controlled oenology give birth to
90,000 bottles of quality Champagnes per year.
Champagne
Roger Manceaux
5 - 7, rue de la
Liberté
51 500
Rilly-la-Montagne
France
Tel. : +33 (0)3
26 03 42 57
Fax. : +33 (0)3
26 03 45 63
Email :
info@champagne-rogermanceaux.fr
