Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
49 euros per bottle)
The name is evocative of pure love. Bottle with generous
forms. Cork held by the traditional hemp string wire.
Aspect:
Amber
and bright.
Fine
bubbles.
Elegant
bead of foam.
Nose:
Voluptuous
harmony of endless scents.
Aromas
of red and black fruits decorated with heady spirituous notes punctuated by
subtle spices, signatures of the Pinot Noir and Meunier.
The
nose opens up with a delicately woody breath, obtained by the vinification and
the ageing of the base wines in oak barrels of French origin, enhanced by
gourmet fragrances of chocolate and roasted coffee, expressions of the great
maturity of the cuvée obtained by 6
years of ageing on laths of the bottles.
Palate:
Dense
and lively opening, thanks to the selection of the best grapes from the oldest
plots of Chouilly (Grand Cru of the Côte des Blancs) and Monthelon.
The
mouth becomes sensual, supported by hints of citrus fruits and white fruits due
to the Chardonnay, coupled with exotic fruits obtained by the slow alcoholic
fermentation of the base wines made at very low temperature by natural yeasts
from the terroir.
Great
length on the palate.
With this restricted Cuvée Dilection Rosé 2009 Extra Brut (2,000
bottles), Alexandre Le Brun was able to compose a touching blended rosé (85% of
white wine and 15% of red wine), source of intense pleasure.
To taste during meal, to accompany a braised sweetbread with old Banyuls,
for example.
Settled in
Monthelon since 1750, Alexandre Le Brun, ninth generation of wine growers,
cultivates with passion its vineyard of 3 hectares of old vines (over 40 years
old) planted with the 3 champenois
varietals, with a real desire to reduce the environmental footprint to
perpetuate the family traditions. A resolutely creative oenology in the service
of ancestral expertises gives birth to an original range based on exceptional
Champagnes.
Champagne Alexandre Le Brun
9 rue Saint Vincent
51530 Monthelon
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 59 73 51
Cel.: +33 (0)6 81 59 23 76
Email: contact@champagne-lebrun.fr
