Guide VERON des Champagnes 2019
(around
32 euros per bottle)
Luxurious presentation. Cork held by the traditional
clip.
Aspect:
Solar and brilliant.
Particularly fine bubbles.
Elegant bead of bubbles.
Nose:
Radiant and endless delicacy.
Heady scents of honey, cocoa and roasted
coffee, punctuated by delicate spices, testimony of the well-defined maturity
of the cuvée obtained by thirteen
years of ageing on laths of the bottles with corks held by clips, for a better
breathing of the wine.
Later, the aromas of apple and pear compote,
candied citrus fruits and exotic fruits, signatures of the majority of
Chardonnay (70%) delicately mingle with fragrances of blackcurrant, blackberry
and kirsch, delicious expressions of the black varietals (15% of Pinot Noir and
15% of Meunier).
Palate:
Generous richness at the opening, perhaps the
sign of the exceptional maturity of the grapes from 2003 which are a part of
the blending.
The warmth becomes caressing, underlined by
the outstanding liveliness obtained by the timely stop of the malolactic
fermentation of the base wines and by the absence of dosage (no sugar added at
disgorgement).
Endless length on the palate.
For this Cuvée JL - Extra Brut, Johan Casters
was able to blend with talent the three champenois
varietals from the best terroirs of
Champagne, harvested by hand in 2001, 2002 and 2003, in honour of his father
Jean-Louis.
To taste as an aperitif with toasts and
pan-fried foie gras, or during
festive meals.
Since its foundation in 1899 by Eugène Cadel,
the Champagne house Louis Casters continues his endless quest for the quality
to establish the brand Louis Casters. Nowadays Johan Casters and his wife
Valérie, assisted by their daughters Margaux and Clara, cultivate a vineyard of
13 hectares and select the best grapes in faithful wine growers’ vineyard, to
compose each year around 250,000 bottles of champagnes of rare emotions, many
of which are sold in Damery in the new wine-tasting cellar of the house.
Champagne Louis
Casters
26, rue Pasteur
51 480 Damery
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 58 43 02
