Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015
(approximately 120
euros a bottle)
Mythical Champagne
Winegrower in Avize since 4
generations, the Champagne De Sousa grows with passion its 9.5-hectare composed
of old vines (more than 45 years on average), according to the principles of
the organic and biodynamic vine growing, to elaborate and market approximately
every year 85,000 bottles of exceptional Champagnes.
Sober and elegant presentation.
Visual aspect:
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Golden, solar.
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Very fine bubbles.
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Generous tears.
Nose:
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The nose opens
up on an sumptuous aromatic range, creative and mischievous, with a lot of
unforgettable pleasures and infinite emotions.
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The aromas
of honey, gingerbread, brioche harmoniously mingle, expressions of the cuvee’s
maturity, sublimated by the delicate wood obtained by the wine making and the
maturation of the base wines in oak barrels.
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Delicate
scents of white flowers, apple, peach, apricot and chestnut, moving signatures
of the Chardonnay, exclusive grape variety of the Champagne, harvested manually
at full ripeness, revealed by the intervention of natural yeasts of the terroir
(indigenous yeasts) during the alcoholic fermentation of the base wines.
Paltate:
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Pure first taste, with a vibrant minerality, barely
salty, marked with the chalk of the plots of over-50-year-old vines, deeply rooted
thanks to the plowing (sometimes with a horse) of the soils.
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Remarkable finish, deep and sensual, because of the
regular stirring of the lees in a barrel undertaken during the barrel
maturation and shaking during the long ageing on laths of the bottles (6
years).
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Exceptional length on the palate.
With this Cuvée des
Caudalies Grand Cru Millésime 2006, Erick De Sousa, its maker, managed to
practise a soft and respectful enology to offer us an unforgettable
interpretation of the Grand crus of the Côte des Blancs (Avize, Oger, Le Mesnil
sur Oger and Cramant).
To taste during a
gastronomic meal, with scallops, for example.
Champagne De Sousa
12 place Léon Bourgeois
51 190 Avize
France
Tél. : +33 (0)3 26 57 53 29
Fax : +33 (0)3 26 52 30 64
mail : contact@Champagnedesousa.com
