Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around 17 euros per bottle)
Traditional and luxurious presentation.
Aspect:
Pale
gold, coupled with emerald glints.
Delicate
bubbles.
Crystal-clear
brilliance.
Nose:
Radiant
and sensual elegance.
The
Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the champagne, becomes more confident,
reserved, with scents of apple, pear and candied citrus fruits, supported by an
iodized and mentholated breath.
Later,
generous aromas of honey and pastries, subtly roasted, reveal the maturity of
the cuvée obtained by 3 years of
ageing on laths, before riddling and disgorgement.
Palate:
Joyful
vitality at the opening, thanks to the rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée) during the pressing of the grapes
harvested by hand in 2013 (30%) and 2014 (70%) in plots aged 30 to 40 selected
in the Grand Cru of Avize, in the Côte des Blancs.
Later,
the mouth becomes caressing, reinforced by the judicious fulfilment of the
malolactic fermentation of the base wines, driven by the minerality of the
chalk and by the 7 g/L of sugar added during the dosage, as an expedition
liqueur produced by the house.
Balanced
finish, underlined by the silky effervescence, barely spicy.
Endless
length on the palate.
With this Blanc de
Blancs Brut Grand Cru, Lionel Chardonnet signs a remarkable champagne and with
a very good value for money.
To
taste from aperitif to meal, with a blanquette of monkfish and truffles, for
example.
Son and heir to three generations of passionate wine
growers, Lionel Chardonnet, assisted by his wife Valérie, has been perpetuating
the champenois expertise since 1990,
true to the motto of the house: let time take its course. A 6 hectares vineyard
cultivated with respect for natural rhythms, of which half is composed of old
plots of Chardonnay vines established in Avize, Cramant and Chouilly, Grands
Crus of the Côte des Blancs, and a gentle and patient oenology, are the source
of around 30,000 bottles per year of authentic champagnes.
Champagne
Chardonnet et Fils
7 rue de l’Abattoir
51 190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 78 30
www.champagnechardonnetetfils.fr
