Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 38 euros per bottle)
Libertine name. Numbered bottle decorated with an original natural oak
wood label and lace.
Aspect:
Ruby red colour, deep.
Fine and dynamic bubbles.
Generous bead of foam.
Nose:
Endless aromatic display, luxuriant and harmonious, source of intense
pleasure.
The aromas of red and black fruits (raspberry, blackcurrant, blackberry,
strawberry and Morello cherry) driven by delicate spices, signatures of the
minority of Pinot Noir, interlace the touches of apple, pear, quince, peach,
apricot and grape, characteristic sign of the majority of Chardonnay, with a
passionate and heady embrace.
Palate:
Life-giving and dense opening, reinforced by the judicious absence of
dosage (no sugar added at disgorgement).
The mouth then reveals a remarkable presence, with a gentle and reserved
power, sensual expression of the osmosis between Chardonnay (85%) and Pinot
Noir (15%) in the maceration vat, for 8 days, before running off.
Intense, harmonious and meltingly soft finish, highlighted by the lively
effervescence and the vibrant minerality of the 4 plots of the locality Les
Jarretières, well-exposed, on the top of the hillside, in Cumières.
Great length on the palate.
With this Cuvée Les Jarretières, Florent Laval, wine grower, waited 2
years to harvest by hand, in 2014, healthy and perfectly ripe grapes, to vinify
them without chaptalization and to offer us this audacious maceration
Champagne.
To taste during meals among friends, with a duckling fillet, yellow
beetroots and Beaufort cheese, for example.
From a long line of wine growers, the Champagne House Laval-Louïs was
born of the merger of the Louïs Philippe and Laval Marius wine estates. Currently,
Florent Laval and his wife Régine rely on their vineyard of 4.40 hectares,
established in the southern slopes of Cumières, Damery and Hautvillers,
cultivated with the real desire to reduce the environmental footprint, to
produce with gentleness and accuracy around 20,000 bottles per year of a range
of authentic Champagnes.
Champagne Laval-Louïs
309 rue des bois des
Jots
51480 Cumières
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 51 72
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