Guide VERON des Champagnes 2020
(around
90 euros per bottle)
Mythical champagne
Bottle with generous forms, decorated with an original
orange label.
Aspect:
White gold, brilliant.
Fine and dynamic bubbles.
Fine bead of foam.
Nose:
Endless whirl of heady
fragrances.
The Chardonnay, exclusive
varietal of the cuvée, reveals all
its refined elegance with scents of nice ripe apple and pear, candied citrus
fruits, white flowers and hazelnut, deliciously mentholated.
Patience is rewarded by the
appearance of gentle notes of honey, subtly roasted, result of 4 years of
patient ageing on laths of the bottles, at constant temperature of 12 °C,
before riddling and disgorgement.
Palate:
Vertiginous purity at the
opening, obtained by the timely stop of the malolactic fermentation of the base
wines and by the minimalist dosage with only 3 g/L of sugar added at
disgorgement.
The mouth is revealed
life-giving, highlighted by the magnificent minerality of the chalk of the
Grand Cru of Oger.
Finish supported by a breath of
iodized freshness and by the lively effervescence.
Remarkable length on the palate.
Result of a long ecofriendly
viticulture approach started by Elodie and Aurore Chapuy 5 years ago, this
radiant cuvée Unique Oger Grand Cru
Blanc de Blancs 2014, from 3 plots ploughed with horse, shows the osmosis
between the wine growers and their terroir.
To taste from aperitif to meal, with a crab tartar, avocado cream and
citrus fruits, for example.
Heirs to a century of
wine traditions and driven by a real desire to reduce the environmental
footprint, Aurore Chapuy and Elodie Higonet-Chapuy cultivate their 9 hectares
vineyard certified High Environmental Value, in part cultivated with horse,
mainly planted with Chardonnay in the Côte des Blancs (5 hectares), completed
by Pinot Noir and Meunier in the southern slopes of Epernay and in the
Sézannais. They produce each year in Oger around 80,000 bottles of champagnes
with personality.
Champagne Chapuy
Rue de Champagne - Zone d’activité
51 190 Oger
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 51 30
Email: contact@champagne-chapuy.com
