Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
20 euros per bottle)
Traditional presentation, bright and neat.
Aspect:
Pale
gold.
Extremely
fine bubbles.
Delicate
bead of foam.
Nose:
Subtle,
it slowly reveals its heady complexity.
Perfumes
of nice ripe apple and pear, candied citrus fruits, white flowers and hazelnut,
signatures of the Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the cuvée, highlighted by
an iodized and mentholated breath, characteristic sign of the Grand Cru of
Chouilly, unique origin of the grapes.
The
warm maturity is then revealed, result of 3 years of ageing on laths of the
bottles before disgorgement, with its gentle scents of honey and pastries.
Palate:
Lively
and dense opening, definitely obtained by the rigorous selection of the first
juices (cuvée), purer, during the
soft pressing of the grapes, coupled with a delicious minerality.
The
mouth becomes caressing thanks to the fulfillment of the malolactic
fermentation of the base wines, to the generous dosage with 10 g/L of sugar
added at disgorgement, underlined by the sensual effervescence obtained by a
particular prise de mousse, with only
a pressure of 5 bars (instead of 6 bars usually) obtained during the prise de mousse.
Tasty
finish.
Great
length on the palate.
With this Cuvée Perlée Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, François Larmandier,
its producer, delicately underlines all the subtleties and the elegance of the
Chardonnay of his preferred terroir.
To
taste during meals, with a scallops and celery carpaccio, for example.
Settled
in Vertus since 1977, the Champagne house Guy Larmandier cultivates with
passion his vineyard of 9.20 hectares, composed of old vines (35 years old on
average) spread over the Grands Crus of Cramant and Chouilly and the Premiers
Crus of Vertus and Cuis, planted with 92% of Chardonnay and 8% of Pinot Noir.
The wine estate produces with care around 90,000 bottles of highly expressive
Champagnes per year, variations inspired around the noble terroirs of the Côte des Blancs.
Champagne Guy Larmandier
30 rue du général Kœnig
51 130 Vertus
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 52 12 41
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 52 19 38
Email: guy.larmandier@wanadoo.fr
