Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around
16 euros per bottle)
Original and careful presentation.
Aspect:
Golden,
decorated with reserved green glints.
Fine
bubbles.
Refined
bead of foam.
Nose:
Radiant
and complex, it immediately provides gentle emotions.
Joyful
aromas of red and black fruits (cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry and
blueberry), punctuated by delicate spices, signatures of the Pinot Noir (60%).
The
Chardonnay (40%) is then slowly revealed with its scents of citrus fruits,
apple, pear, exotic fruits and white flowers, supported by an iodized and
mentholated life-giving breath.
Palate:
Balanced
opening.
Lively
vigour obtained by the rigorous selection of the first juices (coeur de cuvée), very pure, during the
pressing of the grapes.
Sensual
presence coupled with hints of honey and caramel, translation of the judicious
fulfillment of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines and of the maturity
of the cuvée obtained by 3 years of
ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement.
Deliciously
acidulous finish, highlighted by the creamy effervescence.
Great
length on the palate.
With this Cuvée Excellence, Benjamin Rogge, its producer, was able to
select with care its best grapes, in 2012, and to vinify them tenderly with a
low dose of SO2, and an accurate dosage (8 g/L of sugar added at
disgorgement) to offer us a remarkable interpretation of the Passy-Grigny terroir.
To
taste from aperitif to meal, with a veal fillet and prawns with potatoes, for
example.
Settled
in Passy-Grigny since 1982, in the heart of the Marne Valley, the Champagne
House Rogge Cereser cultivates its vineyard of 10 hectares, composed of the
three champenois varietals (Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay), in the
greatest respect of the environment. Benjamin Rogge contributes with his
dynamism since 2000, to produce and market around 70,000 bottles of highly
expressive Champagnes per year, under the brand created by his parents, Martine
and Jacques, in 1997.
Champagne Rogge Cereser
1 impasse des Bergeries
51700 Passy-Grigny
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 52 96 05
Fax.: +33 (0)3 26 52 07 73
