mercredi 25 mars 2020

Champagne Trichet-Didier – Cuvée Grand Cru

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2016

(around 18 euros per bottle)

Traditional and careful presentation.

Aspect :

·        Pale gold, bright.
·        Extremely fine bubbles.
·        Elegant bead of bubbles, persistent.

Nose :

·        Remarkable intensity, it provides immediately a great pleasure.
·        Generous scents of red and black fruits (plum, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant and blueberry), enhanced by subtle spices (pepper, cinnamon and liquorice), signatures of the Pinot Noir, exclusive varietal of the Cuvée.
·        Later, the great maturity of the Champagne is revealed, with sensual notes of honey and beeswax, decorated with touching flavours of chocolate and roasted coffee, the result of ageing on laths of the bottles for 6 years, with patient autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts.

Palate :

·        Ample, deep and harmonious opening, thanks to a judicious fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation on the base wines, enhanced by a gentle minerality, expression of the old plot where the grapes were selected (between 40 and 61 years old), well exposed, carefully harvested in 2007 (90%) and 2006 (10%) in the locality « Les Montants » in Verzy.
·        Revealing the red fruits perceived at the nose.
·        Deliciously acidulous finish, perhaps due to the rigorous selection of first runwine (cuvée), during the pressing of the grapes, underlined by a touch of spices.
·        Great length on the palate.

With this Cuvée Grand Cru, Pierre Trichet, its producer, unveils us an interpretation inspired by the Pinot Noir enhanced by the Grand Cru of Verzy.

To taste during a meal, to accompany a Bresse poultry roasted in chestnut butter, for example.

Established in Trois-Puits for 4 generations, the Champagne House Trichet-Didier passionately cultivates its 7 hectares of vineyard, with the 3 champenois varietals (Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay). An accurate oenology, in the service of a constant quality improvement, gives birth to around 60,000 bottles of highly expressive Champagnes.

Champagne Trichet-Didier
11 rue du petit Trois-Puits
51 500 Trois-Puits
France
Tel. : +33 (0)3 26 82 64 10
www.champagne-trichet-didier.com