Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
35 euros per bottle)
Sober and elegant bottle, with an informative back
label.
Aspect:
Golden,
dense and bright.
Elegant
bubbles.
Delicate
and persistent bead of foam.
Nose:
Generous
and gourmet.
Radiant
aromas of honey and beeswax, evolving towards cocoa, subtly toasted and
roasted, expressions of the long ageing on laths of the bottles before
disgorgement (8 years), with patient autolysis of the prise de mousse yeasts.
The
nose is then revealed with a sensual and iodized breath, with scents of apple,
pear, candied citrus fruits, walnut, exotic fruits and white flowers,
signatures of the Chardonnay harvested by hand in 2005.
Palate:
Pure
opening obtained by the advanced settling of the grape juices after pressing,
reinforced by the adjusted dosage with 6 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement,
and enhanced by a vibrant minerality and by delicious woody notes.
The
mouth becomes warm, soft and enveloping, definitely thanks to the judicious
fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines, but especially
thanks to the regular bâtonnages realised for the 9 months of ageing on lees in
225L barrels.
Tasty
finish, punctuated by spices.
Very
good length on the palate.
With this Excellence Cuvée – Brut Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs,
Jean-Bernard Moroy, producer and cellar master of the Champagne House Louis
Massing, offers us a remarkable interpretation of the Grand Cru of Avize.
To
taste during meals among friends, with a medallion of veal fillet and prawn,
for example.
Wine
growers since 1922, the Champagne House Louis Massing is established in Avize
since 1936. A vineyard of 12 hectares, mainly planted in the Grands Crus of the
Côte des Blancs (Avize and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger), cultivated in the greatest
respect of the environment, completed by a rigorously selected supply, gives
birth each year to around 300,000 bottles of a range of 8 quality Champagnes.
Champagne Louis Massing
118 allée Jules Lucotte
P. A. le Paradis
51190 Avize
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 57 52 92
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 57 78 23
www.champagne-louis-massing.com
