Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 60
euros per bottle)
Original and luxurious
bottle. Elegante copper-coloured cap.
Aspect:
Solar.
Very fine bubbles.
Elegant bead of bubbles.
Nose:
Radiant, it takes us
into a heady and endless aromatic waltz.
The Pinot Noir,
exclusive varietal of the cuvée,
harvested at perfect ripeness in the oldest vines of the wine estate (50 to 60
years old), establishes its fragrances of red and black fruits (strawberry,
raspberry, blackcurrant and blueberry) underlined by delicate touches of exotic
fruits (ananas, apricot and citrus fruits) and mint, definitely the result of
the very slow alcoholic fermentation of the base wines (2 to 3 weeks) at low
temperature (14 to 15 °C).
Palate:
Pure and dense opening
thanks to the rigorous selection of the têtes
de cuvée (very first juices out
of the press), highlighted by the mineral tension.
The mouth becomes ample
and silky, supported by flavours of honey and pastries, obtained by the
judicious fulfilment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines, but
especially by the patient ageing on laths of the bottles (6 years) before
disgorgement.
Fresh finish, barely
spicy.
Endless length on the
palate.
For this reserved Cuvée
Noire Spéciale Millésimée 2009 (2,384 bottles), last creation of the House in
2015, Edouard Huguenot was able to vinify with talent, without any concession,
his perfectly healthy Pinots Noirs, to offer us a well-defined Champagne,
remarkable interpretation of the year 2009.
To taste from aperitif
to meal, with a duck tournedos and foie
gras, for example.
Founded in 1984 by
Benoit and Marie-Claire Huguenot, in Celles-sur-Ource in the heart of the Côte
des Bar, the Champagne House Huguenot-Tassin has been perpetuating the long
family winegrowing tradition. To ensure high quality of grapes and respect of
the environment, it cultivates with passion its vineyard of 7 hectares to
produce each year around 40,000 bottles of a creative range of highly
expressive Champagnes.
Champagne Huguenot-Tassin
4 rue du Val de Lune
10110 Celles-sur-Ource
Tel.: +33 (0)3 25 38 54
49
Email:
champhuguenot.tassin@free.fr
