Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 49 euros per bottle)
Luxurious bottle,
particularly neat.
Aspect:
Pale gold.
Refined bubbles.
Fine bead of foam,
persistent.
Nose:
Delicate harmony, which
takes us into an endless whirl of pleasure.
The Chardonnay,
exclusive varietal of the Champagne, harvested by hand in 2002 in plots
selected in the Grands Crus of Avize and Chouilly, in the Côte des Blancs,
slowly unveils its sensuality, with its delicious scents of apple, candied
citrus fruits, quince, apricot and grape, enhanced by a lively breath, iodized
and mentholated.
Later, the nose reveals
generous fragrances of honey and roasted coffee, expressions of the
well-defined maturity, obtained by 13 years of ageing on laths of the bottles,
before riddling and disgorgement.
Palate:
The vertiginous purity,
result of the rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée) during the pressing of the whole grapes, underlined by the
bright minerality of the chalky soils, gives way to a sensual balance.
Lively and deliciously acidulous
finish, driven by the silky effervescence.
Fabulous length on the
palate.
With this Cuvée Grand
Couronnement Brut 2002 (6,000 bottles), Bertrand Lhopital, executive director
of the Champagne House J. of Telmont and Sylvie Collas, cellar master, deliver
us a rare Champagne, inspired interpretation of the superb year 2002 and
crowning achievement of their œnological talent.
To taste as an aperitif
or during a meal, with scallops and truffles, for example.
Now directed by Bertrand
Lhopital and his sister Pascale, the Champagne House J. of Telmont has been
perpetuating with passion the family heritage. The House is based on a supply
of 107 hectares of vines established in 40 of the best terroirs of Champagne, but especially on its 30 hectares vineyard,
of which 5 hectares cultivated according to the biodynamy principles to reduce
the environmental footprint, to offer exceptional Champagnes, particularly with
a rare collection of old vintages unveiled on the occasion of its 100th
anniversary in 2012.
Champagne J. De Telmont
1 avenue de Champagne
51480 Damery
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 58 40 33
