Guide VERON des Champagnes 2018
(around 24 euros per
bottle)
Sober and elegant
bottle.
Aspect:
Beautiful ruby red
colour, deep.
Fine bubbles.
Sensual tears.
Nose:
Endless and gourmet
aromatic waltz.
Luxuriant fragrances of
nice ripe red and black fruits (raspberry, strawberry, cherry, blueberry,
blackcurrant and blackberry) underlined by subtle spices (liquorice, pepper and
cinnamon), signatures of the Meunier (50%) from the plot Le Clos planted in
1975 in Mancy, and the Pinot Noir (50%).
Palate:
Tonic attack, obtained
by the exclusive selection of the free-run juice during racking after
maceration (absence of press wine) and by the adjusted dosage with only 5 g/L
of sugar added at disgorgement.
Improbable balance,
sensual and creamy, reinforced by the judicious fulfilment of the malolactic
fermentation of the base wines, result of the perfect control of the long 14
days maceration of the black grapes crushed and destemmed at low temperature (8
to 10 °C) to delay the alcoholic fermentation and limit the extraction of
tannins, with 3 pumping-over by day.
Deliciously acidulous
finish, highlighted by the lively effervescence.
Great length on the
palate.
For this reserved cuvée Saignée Extra Brut (1,083
bottles), Ludovic Manteau, wine grower, was able to accompany with talent his
grapes carefully harvested by hand when fully ripe in 2014, to offer us an
original and gentle Champagne.
To taste as an aperitif
or during a meal, with a cherry tart and peppermint, for example.
Now at the head of the
Champagne House Manteau-Rivierre, Ludovic Manteau has been perpetuating with
passion, in Mancy, the work started by his grandfather Roger Rivierre in 1936.
Driven by the real desire to reduce the environmental footprint, he cultivates
his 6 hectares vineyard, planted with the three champenois varietals, spread over the terroirs of Mancy (40%), Romeny-sur-Marne (40%) and Baye (20%) to
produce with sensitivity around 7,000 bottles per year of a range inspired by 7
Champagnes with personality.
Champagne Manteau-Rivierre
15 grande rue
51530 Mancy
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 59 73
48
Cel.: +33 (0)6 08 33 12
32
Email:
champagne.manteau@orange.fr
