Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 70 euros per bottle)
Organic Champagne
Sober and bright presentation in an original opaque bottle,
absolute protection against lightstrike.
Aspect:
Golden.
Delicate bubbles.
Fine bead of foam.
Nose:
Endless farandole of
heady aromas.
The Pinot Noir (60%)
with its fragrances of red and black fruits, barely spicy, gently interlaces
the Chardonnay (40%) and its delicious scents of white fruits, peach and citrus
fruits, deliciously mentholated.
Later, the fullness
of the Champagne is unveiled, result of 5 years of ageing of the bottles before
disgorgement, with its touches of honey and brioche coupled with reserved woody
notes obtained by the vinification of 45% of the base wines in oak barrels.
Palate:
Pure at the opening,
highlighted by a delicious tension thanks to the absence of dosage (no sugar
added at disgorgement).
The mouth becomes a
silky caress, supported by the minerality of the soils of the plots selected in
Courteron (Côte de Champraux and Charme de Fin), in which vines deeply take
root.
Fresh and dense
finish, perhaps the characteristic sign of the yeast strain selected by the
House in 2006.
Remarkable length on
the palate.
For this reserved
Sonate 2011 Extra Brut (12,000 bottles), Jean-Sébastien Fleury was able to
accompany with sensitivity, without adding sulphur, grapes harvested by hand in
2011, to reveal its vital force.
Ideal as an aperitif,
with goat’s cheese on bread and pink peppercorns, for example.
Under the leadership
of Jean-Sébastien, Morgane and Benoît Fleury, creative fourth generation, the
Champagne House Fleury has been perpetuating the family traditions. The
implementation of the biodynamy principles, in the 15 hectares vineyard since
1989, and now during the production taking into account the waning moon periods
and fruits days for the key stages (racking, bottling and disgorgement), gives
birth each year to around 200,000 bottles of a range of natural Champagnes.
Champagne Fleury
43 grande rue
10250 Courteron
Tel.: +33 (0)3 25 38 20 28
Fax.: +33 (0)3 25 38 24 65
