Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
38 euros per bottle)
Sober and luxurious bottle.
Aspect:
Golden
and sparkling.
Fine
bubbles.
Reserved
bead of scattered bubbles.
Nose:
Radiant,
generous and sensual.
Well
defined maturity, signature of the patient ageing on laths of the bottles (10
years) before disgorgement, with joyful aromas of honey and caramel coupled
with captivating spirituous notes, evolving towards roasted coffee.
Later,
the Chardonnay, exclusive varietal of the Champagne, carefully selected in 2004
at perfect ripeness in old plots of vine, is slowly revealed with its heady
scents of citrus fruits, apple, pear and candied quince.
Palate:
Dense
and balanced at the opening, supported by a radiant maturity, reinforced by the
rigorous selection of the first juices (cuvée),
purer, during the pressing of the grapes, and by the adjusted dosage with only
4 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
The
mouth becomes caress, silky and sensual, definitely the result of the
vinification (without chaptalization) and then the ageing of the base wines in
oak barrels (3 to 8 years old), for eight months, with regular bâtonnages.
Delicious
finish.
Exceptional
length on the palate.
Dominique Person
put all his sensitivity of wine grower in the service of this cuvée l’Audacieuse Millésime 2004, to
interpret with talent the radiant energy of the terroir heart of the Premier Cru of Vertus.
To
taste from aperitif to meal, to accompany a sea bass slightly smoked with
caviar, for example.
Fourth
generation of wine growers settled in Vertus, Dominique Person first wine maker
of the Champagne House Person perpetuates the family tradition since 1999. The
Clos des Belvals bought in 2006 strengthens a vineyard of more than 15
hectares, spread over the Premiers and Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs,
cultivated with passion according to the biodynamy principles, to produce with
precision highly expressive Champagnes, inspired revelations of the noble terroirs.
Champagne Person
14 Route de Villers aux Bois
51130 Vertus
Tél.: +33 (0)3 26 59 98 23
Cel.: +33 (0)6 48 78 22 82