Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
19 euros per bottle)
Traditional and neat presentation.
Aspect:
Golden
and glinting.
Fine
bubbles.
Reserved
bead of foam, persistent.
Nose:
Intense,
it takes us into its heady farandole of scents of candied red and black fruits,
coupled with touches of kirsch and punctuated by reserved spices, touching
signature of the Meunier, exclusive varietal of the cuvée.
Later,
the maturity is shown, soft and warm, with its scents of honey and pastries
slowly evolving towards cocoa and roasted coffee, obtained by 5 years of ageing
on laths of the bottles before disgorgement.
Palate:
Fresh
attack, thanks to the selection of the first juices (cuvée), during the pressing of the grapes, supported by the vibrant
minerality.
The
mouth becomes caress, tasty and dense, almost structured, definitely the
expression of the low yield plot where the grapes were selected planted in
1951, of which the vines come from the mass selection (ancestral selection by
the wine grower).
Delicious
finish, with red fruits.
Very
good length on the palate.
With this Cuvée
Vieilles Vignes Blanc de Noirs Millésime 2009 Non-dosé, Ludovic Manteau, wine
grower, was able to vinify with passion the grapes harvested by hand in 2009,
at optimal ripeness, without chaptalization nor dosage, to offer us a
remarkable interpretation of the terroir of
Mancy.
To
taste from aperitif to meal, to accompany a duck magret with fresh figs, for
example.
Fourth
generation of wine growers settled in Mancy, in the heart of the Champagne
area, the Champagne House Manteau-Rivierre perpetuates the family traditions
since its creation in 1950. A vineyard of 6 hectares of old plots, of which 2.5
hectares on the terroir of Mancy,
cultivated with care in the greatest respect of the environment, and a patient
and natural oenology give birth to around 2,000 bottles per year of a range of
6 highly expressive Champagnes, of which 4 are vintages.
Champagne Manteau-Rivierre
15 grande rue
51 530 Mancy
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 59 73 48
Cel. : +33 (0)6 08 33 12 32
Email: champagne.manteau@orange.fr
