Flavours From France

CHAMPAGNE PHILIPPONNAT CUVEE "1522" 2002 GRAND CRU

Origin: AOC Champagne

Vintage: 2002

Varieties: 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

A clear golden colour with a nice brilliance, transient bubbles. A delicate nose of white flowers, white fruit, slightly smoky and quite complex. A supple attack, very fine bubbles, a nice balance between roundness and liveliness. Aromas of dried fruits and nuts.
The power and the length of the Vintage.

Food Matching: a scallop sashimi

 

Champagne  Philipponnat

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CHAMPAGNE J. DUMANGIN FILS BRUT PREMIER CRU BLANC DE BLANCS

Origin: AOC Champagne

Varieties: 100% Chardonnay

A shiny yellow straw colour with glints of silver, fine bubbles. A fully bloomed and complex nose with aromas of ripe pippin, acidulous apple, pear and buttery notes of brioche and angelica. The palate has a rather lively attack, a dominance of white flowers and notes of baked apples. All is harmonious, the dosage is balanced by chopped freshness, a good persistence.
A Champagne with soul and personality.

Food Matching: appetizers, terrine of fish, lightly salted fried shellfish and shrimp

 

Champagne J. Dumangin Fils

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CHAMPAGNE BOURGEOIS SÉLECTION ROSÉ

Origin: AOC Champagne

Varieties: 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

A slightly orange and a coppery salmon colour. Bubbles fairly thin and numerous.The nose on wild red berries, hints of ripe banana and cherry kirsch. On the palate -substance and density, with aspects of mature red fruit aromas.
A Champagne rosé for a meal.

Food Matching: red mullet

 

Champagne Bourgeois

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CHAMPAGNE PIPER-HEIDSIECK 2004

Origin: AOC Champagne

Vintage: 2004

Varieties:  60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

A limpid and brilliant colour, an intense gold. Fine bubbles, numerous and lively. The nose reveals Viennese pastries, brioche, dried fruit and white fruit notes; a touch of green tea: fine and complex. The palate is sound, large, slightly honeyed. A balanced wine, enhanced by a well integrated bubble bringing freshness; a good length.
A complete Champagne. 

Food Matching: with royal langoustines

 

Champagne Piper-Heidsieck

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CHAMPAGNE PIPER-HEIDSIECK BRUT

Origin: AOC Champagne

Varieties: 55% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier, 15% Chardonnay

A lovely limpid and bright colour, which tends to intense gold, fine bubbles rising rapidly. A fine, seductive and complex nose, acidulous fruity notes, with a citrus zest finish. Aromas of toast and brioche crust. A beautiful palate, with a sound attack and amplitude, bubbles are well mixed: a full-bodied Champagne.
A rich style that keeps the freshness.

Food Matching: a Bresse poultry or a fresh goat cheese

 

Champagne Piper-Heidsieck

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CHAMPAGNE JOSEPH PERRIER BRUT CUVEE ROYALE

Origin: AOC Champagne

Varieties:  35% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier

A sustained colour of straw, almost gold. The bubbles are numerous and quite fine with a rapid rise. The nose reveals honey, dried fruit, apricot notes, then white fruit and stewed cherry plums. Slightly developed, this wine is certainly generous. The palate is clean and seduces with its freshness, fruitiness with notes of pear; the bubbles are lively and persistent.
A well elaborated Champagne with aperitif virtues.

Food Matching:  mini mouthfuls of smoked fish, salmon on blinis

 

Champagne Joseph Perrier

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CHAMPAGNE DEVAUX CUVEE D

Origin: AOC Champagne

Varieties: 2/3 Pinot Noir, 1/3 Chardonnay

A lovely limpid, bright and golden colour. The bubbles are fine and ascending. The nose reveals white fruit, with hints of acacia honey, dried fruit, almonds, a brioche like bread: elegant, slightly  acidulous. The palate is sound, clean; the bubbles are well mixed, this Champagne is vinous. A very balanced wine, well developed.
This Champagne combines finesse and complexity.  

Food Matching: a paved Monkfish in parchment

 

Champagne Devaux

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