Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 25 euros per bottle)
Elegant and luxurious bottle.
Aspect:
Solar
and festive.
Delicate
bubbles.
Generous
tears.
Nose:
Endless
farandole of joyful aromas.
The
scents of candied citrus fruits, nice ripe apple and pear, signatures of the
Chardonnay (30%) gently embrace the touches of red and black fruits and spices,
confident expressions of the Pinot Noir (70%).
Later,
the nose opens up, captivating, with sensual touches of honey and then of
roasted coffee, revelations of the maturity of the champagne obtained by 11
years of patient ageing on laths of the bottles, before riddling and
disgorgement.
Palate:
Delicious
and lively vitality at the opening, definitely obtained by the selection of the
best juices during the soft pressing of the grapes, driven by the particular
minerality of sand and chalk.
The
mouth becomes caressing, warm and creamy, thanks to the accurate dosage with
7 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement, highlighted by the subtle
effervescence.
Dense
finish, deliciously acidulous, underlined by delicate spices, perhaps the
outstanding characteristic sign of the ageing of the expedition liqueur in oak
barrels.
Endless
length on the palate.
For this Millésime
2006, Nicolas Bouché, engineer and œnologist, was able to accompany with
sensitivity selected grapes, harvested by hand in 2006, to glorify the heady
personality of this beautiful year.
To taste from aperitif to meal, with a gizzard salad and warm goat
cheese, for example.
Son and heir to 3 generations of wine growers, Nicolas Bouché presides
with passion over the destiny of the Champagne house Bouché Père et Fils
founded in 1920 by his great-grandfather. He cultivates with care his
30 hectares vineyard composed of old plots of vines well-exposed in
9 selected terroirs, of which
75% are classified as Premiers and Grands Crus, to vinify with talent, between
the modern stainless steel fermenting room and the new barrel storehouse,
around 250,000 bottles per year of inspired champagnes, patiently ripened in
the cellars of the house.
Champagne Bouché Père et Fils
10 rue du Général De Gaulle
51 530 Pierry
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 54 12 44
