Guide VERON des Champagnes 2015
(approximately 65 euros a bottle)
The Champagne Pommery, established
in 1836, owner of the famous domain Pommery of 50 hectares, right in the heart
of Reims, integrated the group Vranken Pommery Monopole in 2002 to offer it an
international dimension and raise it in the third rank of the houses of Champagne,
with 20.6 million bottles of quality Champagnes crafted and shipped every year.
Sober, original and luxurious bottle,
with a dominant silvery blue colour, symbol of the brand.
Visual
Aspect:
·
Pale
gold, with bright green tinges.
·
Fine bubbles.
·
Elegant
bead of bubbles after the service in the flute.
Nose :
·
Blooming,
with a delightful generosity.
·
At
first aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit and mandarin), apple, pear, hazelnut
and almond, subtly mentholated and iodized, delicious signatures of the 50% of Chardonnay.
·
Later,
the nose reveals warm nuances of honey, Viennese pastries and caramel,
delicately toasted, expressions of the perfect maturity of the cuvée, the
result of the long ageing on laths of the bottles before disgorgement (6
years).
Palate :
·
Beautiful
vitality as from the first sip, accompanied by a sensual minerality, inimitable
mark of the Grand Cru of origin of grapes harvested in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in
the Montagne de Reims (Verzenay and Sillery) and in the Côte des Blancs (Avize,
Chouilly, Cramant and Oger).
·
The
palate then offers us a fleshy roundness, supported by a silky effervescence,
with a remarkable presence, maybe thanks to the 50% of Pinot Noir, but also to
the sensible realization of the malolactic fermentation of the base wines and
to the 9 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
· Refreshing finish, discreetly spicy.
This Brut Apanage Prestige, unveiled in May, 2013,
rewards the creative talent of Thierry Gasco, its maker, nineth cellar master of
the Champagne Pommery.
Champagne Pommery
5, place
du Général Gouraud
BP 1049
51 689 Reims Cedex 2
Tèl : 33 (0)3 26 61 62 63
Fax : 33 (0)3 26 61 63 88
Site web : http://www.vrankenpommery.fr
