lundi 4 mai 2020

Champagne De Saint Gall – Blanc de Blancs Millésime 2007 Premier Cru

Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015

(Approximately 27 euros a bottle)

 

Settled in Avize, the Champagne De Saint Gall is the brand of Union Champagne, established in 1966, which includes 13 cooperatives of Champagne. It relies on a 1,250-hectare vineyard, cultivated with passion by 1,200 wine growers, exclusively located in the Premier and Grand Crus of the Côte des Blancs and the Montagne de Reims, to develop and market approximately 9 million bottles of highly expressive Champagnes every year. 

 

Sober and luxurious presentation.

 

Visual Aspect: 

 

·        Pale gold, with discreet green tinges.

·        Very fine bubbles.

·        Sophisticated bead of bubbles.

 

Nose:

 

·        It reveals with a bit of reserve its harmonious aromatic universe.

·        Beautiful maturity, with sensual aromas of caramel, brioche, honey and beeswax, results of 5 years of ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement, with the patient autolysis of the bottle fermentation yeasts.

·        Later, the Chardonnay, noble, carefully selected in 2007 in the Premier Crus of the Côte des Blancs, shows itself with notes of citrus, green apple, pear, white-fleshed peach and white flowers, paired with a surprising iodized and mentholated nuance.

 

Palate:

 

·        Clear, invigorating first taste, allowed by the sensible blocking of the malolactic fermentation of 15% of the base wines.

·        The palate then expresses a delicious balance between a fleshy roundness thanks to the generous dosage, with 10 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement, and a delightful minerality, supported by a silky effervescence.

·        We find the aromas evoked in the nose.

·        Elegant finish.

·        Good length.

With this Blanc de Blancs Millésime 2007 Premier Cru, Yannick Collet, the cellar master of the Champagne De Saint Gall, offers us a remarkable interpretation of the rare terroirs of the Côte des Blancs, the real cradles of the Blanc de Blancs Champagnes.

To enjoy for the aperitif, or why not, during the meal, with a tartar of oysters, for example.

Champagne Saint Gall
7, rue Pasteur
51 190 Avize
France
Tél : +33 (0)3 26 57 94 22
Fax : +33 (0)3 26 57 57 98
mail : info@de-saint-gall.com
http://www.de-saint-gall.com