Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015
(approximately 15 euros)
Set up in Louvois, in the heart of the mountain of Reims since 1860, the Champagne Pierson-Cuvelier cultivates carefully its 12-hectare vineyard, to elaborate and market around 100,000 bottles of quality Champagne per year.
Luxurious and traditional presentation. Original cap.
Visual aspect:
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Golden and luminous.
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Festive bubbles, particularly fine.
· Elegant bead, persistent in the flute.
Nose :
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Intense and warm.
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It expresses straightaway the great maturity of the cuvee,
with generous notes of caramel, croissants, gingerbread, honey and beeswax,
lightly toasted, results of the patient ageing on laths, with autolysis of the
yeast from the bottle fermentation, before disgorgement of the bottles.
· Later, the nose reveals an exquisite fruity taste, with plum, blackcurrant and brandied cherry, as well as appple and crystallised pear.
Palate:
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Neat attack, thanks to the rigorous selection of the coeur de cuvee (first juices that are
the purest) to the pressing of the grapes, leading up to a pleasant roundness,
maybe the result of the judicious realisation of the malolactic fermentation of
the base wines and of the light dosage with only 6g/L of added sugar at
disgorgement.
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Remarkable presence, with spices (pepper, cinnamon),
elevated by its minerality, expression of the Pinot Noir, exclusive grape
variety, carefully chosen on the soil of the Grand Cru of Ambonnay, Bouzy,
Louvois and Ay.
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Deliciously slightly acidic finish, still on the spices and
minerality.
· Good length in the mouth.
With this Cuvee Prestige Grand Cru stemming from the inspired blend of 3 years of harvest (2009, 2008 and 2007), producer Francois Pierson knew how to implement a precise enology, with a minimalistic sulphur dioxide treatment, to offer us a successful Champagne ideal during a meal and of good value for money.
To enjoy between friends, with a terrine of young rabbit with foie gras, for example.
