Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015
(approximately 39 euros a bottle)
Winegrower at Monthelon, the Champagne Alexandre Le Brun grows with passion its 3-hectare vineyard planted with vines over 40 years old in the municipalities of Montelon, Mancy, Morangis, Chavot-Courcourt, Epernay, Sézanne, Grauves Premier Cru and Chouilly Grand Cru, in the greatest respect for the environment. A precise, intuitive and respectful enology enables him to craft and market approximately 15,000 bottles of Champagnes of character every year.
Sober and original presentation.
Visual aspect:
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Golden.
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Fine bubbles.
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Discreet bead of bubbles.
Nose:
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Intense,
harmonious variations focused on pleasure.
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Cheering aromas
of chrystallised red fruits, signatures of the Pinot Meunier, exclusive grape
variety of the cuvée.
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Delicious
scents of cocoa, roasted coffee and blond tobacco, expressions of the maturity
of the Champagne obtained by 3 years of ageing on laths of the bottles, before
disgorgement.
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Aromas of spices,
result of the wine making and the maturing in oak barrels of less than 5 years
of 20% of the base wines, complemented by delicious notes of apple, peach and
apricot, certainly due to the very slow alcoholic fermentation of the base
wines (4 months), at low temperature (10°C), realized by the indigenous yeasts.
Palate:
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Ample first taste with a very low dosage of 4 g/L of
sugar added at disgogement.
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Then the palate becomes deep, dense, almost
structured, thanks to the deliberately low at harvest, to get a perfect
maturity.
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Delicious tangy finish.
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Remarkable length on the palate.
With this
confidential cuvée Révélation Extra Brut 2009 (1,200 bottles) with an asserted character,
Alexandre Le Brun, winegrower, reveals the generosity and the strength of the Pinot
Meunier on the terroir of Monthelon, exclusive origin of the grapes.
To enjoy during a
meal, to pair with a pan-fried veal medallion with truffle sauce, for example.
Champagne Alexandre Le Brun
9 rue Saint Vincent
51 530 Monthelon – France
Tel. : +33 (0)3 26 59 73 51
Port. : +33 (0)6 81 59 23 76
mail : contact@champagne-lebrun.fr
