Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 29 euros per
bottle)
Sober and refined
bottle. Poetic and evocative name.
Aspect:
Golden and brilliant.
Fine and festive
bubbles.
Refined bead of foam.
Nose:
Generous and sensual
fragrances.
Aromas of red and black
fruits (strawberry, raspberry, cherry, prune and blackcurrant) highlighted by
touching touches of spices (white pepper and liquorice), signatures of the
black varietals (60% of Pinot Noir and 10% of Meunier).
Later, the Champagne
becomes gentle and radiant with soft fragrances of pastries, and then cocoa and
roasted coffee, delicious breath obtained by the patient ageing of the bottles
in lattes (36 months) before riddling and disgorgement.
Palate:
Life-giving attack,
reinforced by the adjusted dosage with only 5 g/L of sugar added at
disgorgement, driven by a vibrant minerality.
The mouth is then
revealed, silky and warm caress, thanks to the fulfilment of the malolactic
fermentation of the base wines, underlined by the elegance of the Chardonnay
(30%) with its scents of citrus fruits, apple and pear, deliciously iodized and
mentholated.
Dense and lively finish
punctuated by delicate spices.
Great length on the
palate.
With this cuvée Perle de Craie Millésime 2012
Extra Brut, Nathalie Briaux, passionate wine grower, was able to select and
accompany his best grapes, in 2012, to enhance the chalky terroir of Mardeuil.
To taste from aperitif
to meal, with a seared beef fillet and truffle butter, for example.
Founded in the 1960’s by
Pol Briaux and Christiane Lenique, the Champagne House Briaux Lenique continues
its development thanks to the dynamism of their daughter Nathalie Briaux, at
the head of the House since 2008. The modern facilities (press, fermenting room
and cellars) under construction will enable to vinify with accuracy grapes
carefully harvested by hand in the 3.96 hectares vineyard established in
Mardeuil, in the Marne Valley, to compose each year around 34,000 bottles of
quality Champagnes.
Champagne Briaux Lenique
22 rue de la Liberté
51530 Mardeuil
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 51 55 76
Cel.: +33 (0)6 08 91 96 01
