Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015
(approximately 39 euros
a bottle)
Relying on its vineyard of 900 hectares, farmed by 684 winegrowers, divied into 149 crus, the Coopérative Régionale des Vins de Champagne (CRVC) practices a precise and inspired enology, to develop quality Champagnes, on a production site of 5 hectares in Reims, which can welcome more than 29 million bottles. It markets 300,000 bottles every year, under the brand De Castelnau, created in 1916, in tribute to the eponymous general. Classic and careful presentation.
Visual aspect:
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Golden, dense and gleaming.
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Extremely fine bubbles.
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Delicate ring of bubbles, persistent.
Nose:
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With a
delicious sensuality, charming.
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First
marked by the Chardonnay, inimitable, with its aromas of chrystallised citrus,
almond, chestnut, white flowers, and especially with a particular freshness,
salty and mentholated.
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The nose then
reveals the blooming maturity of the Champagne, with warm shades of praline,
evolving towards cocoa and roasted coffee, signatures of 12 long years of
ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement.
Palate:
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Good balance, ample, thanks to the meticulous
realisation of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines, reinforced by a
generous dosage, with 11g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
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The palate then reveals a fleshy texture, with a dense
minerality, expression of the carefully chosen terroirs for the blend, in the Côte
des Blancs, the Montagne de Reims and the vineyards of the Mont de Berru and de
Montgueux.
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The sweet effervescence imperceptibly leads to a
subtly spicy finish (pepper and liquorice), exquisite surprise.
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Very great length on the palate.
With this cuvée Blanc de Blancs Millésime 2000, Elisabeth Sarcelet, cellar master of the Champagne De Castelnau, managed to put all her know-how in the service of this beautiful year 2000.
To enjoy during a festive meal, to match with parpadelli with boletus and chicken with cream, for example.
