Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015
(approximately 32 euros
a bottle)
The Champagne Michel Turgy
carefully grows his 6-hectare vineyard, exclusively planted with Chardonnay, in
the Grand Cru of Mesnil-sur-Oger, to perpetuate the tradition, by producing and
by marketing 60,000 bottles of authentic Champagnes every year, of which 70%
are exported.
Sober, original and very successful
presentation.
Visual Aspect:
·
Pale gold, brilliant.
·
Fine bubbles.
·
Elegant
bead of bubbles, persisting after the service.
Nose :
·
Intense
and moving.
· Accomplished
maturity, with warm notes of butter and brioche, then nuances of cocoa and
roasted coffee, results of the patient ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement
(4 years), with autolyseisof the bottle fermentation yeasts.
·
The
Chardonnay, the exclusive grape variety of the cuvée, then shows itself, with
delicate aromas of apple, pear, cherry plum and citrus fruits compote, matched with
mentholated and subtly spicy scents.
Palate:
·
Vivid
first taste, thanks to the rigorous selection of the first juices, purer, at the
pressing of the grapes, and especially to the sensible blocking of the
malolactic fermentation of the base wines, and in the very low dosage, at disgorgement.
·
Beautiful
density, broad and generous, with a moving minerality, inimitable expressions
of the grapes mainly harvested in 2008 (93%) and in 2007 (7%), at full
maturity, with limited yields, on two plots of land of old vine) (45 and 50
years), located in the heart of Mesnil-sur-Oger, facing south.
·
Refreshing,
pleasantly tangy, supported by a soft effervescence.
·
Very good length in the mouth.
With this confidential cuvée
Vieilles Vignes – Blanc de blancs Grand Cru (2,700 bottles), Jean-Michel Turgy,
the producer, proposes us a Champagne of character, to discover absolutely.
To enjoy for the apéritif, or
during the meal, to accompany a fillet of smoked Lake Léman fera, for example.
Champagne Michel Turgy
17 rue de l'Orme
B. P. 26
51 190 Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
France
Tél : +33 (0)3 26 57 53 43
Fax : +33 (0)3 26 57 52 05
mail : infos@champagne-turgy.com
