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Louis Dubosquet Champagne Grand Cru 1999

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MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2013


Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today let's speak about Champagne !

... Louis Dubosquet Champagne Grand Cru 1999

ORIGIN


"I'm coming exclusively from one or several villages amoungst the legally classified 100% Grand Cru 17 villages.

Do you know that there is 324 different villages for making Champagne and only 17 are classified Grand Cru !
The Grand Cru villages are: Ambonnay, Avize, Ay, Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Bouzy, Chouilly (raisins blancs), Cramant, Louvois, Mailly-Champagne, Le Mesnil-sur-Orge, Oger, Oiry, Puisieulx, Sillery, Tours-sur-Marne, Verzenay and Verzy.

The production of Grand Cru Champagne is very tiny but makes great Champagnes.

I'm well balanced with the two main grappes used for Champagne : 55% of Pinot Noir and 45% of Chardonnay.


TASTE


Wonderful! Very floral from the Chardonnay grappes, quite fruity and very long finish from the Pinot noir grappes.
Taste of toast bread, butter and toasted almonds...
The bubbles are very little and the mouthfeel is incredible!

PACKAGING


I'm presented in a traditonal XIXth style bottle with a 24 carats gilded label, identified by a unique number engraved in the glass and mentioned on the watermarked certificate impossible to copy. 

My cork, as during the XVIIIth century and according to the Royal Ordonnance dated 1735, is maintained, not by a metallic muselet, but by a crossed rope with a sealed.

Price: Around 160€
Available at: www.premiersgrandscrus.com


Magnum Brut, R de Ruinart _

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The Chardonnay grape is the soul of the Maison Ruinart. 

The grapes, resulting mainly from the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims, is at the heart of all vintages.

Of great aromatic freshness, bright, pure light, it is the common thread in all his joints.

Delicate and fragile, Chardonnay flourishes and is a measure of its aromatic richness that over a slow maturation in the freshness of crayères: up to 3 years for non-vintage wines, 9-10 years for Dom Ruinart.

This maturation requires the head of a Master Cellars able to tame the whims of a variety like no other.

All this miracle called "Taste Ruinart" is this: in the brightness, intensity and elegance. It is these qualities that give the Ruinart taste and personality to share rare.

Founded in 1721, the House of Ruinart was named after Benedictine monk Dom Thierry Ruinart. 
It is located at the entrance to the city of Reims, where crayères (Gallo-Roman chalk pits) hewn out of the chalk subsoil are the secret to a slow ageing process, normally lasting between three and twelve years depending on the cuvée.


TASTING NOTES

Everything is around freshness and balanced "R" de Ruinart.


 ITS BEAUTIFUL PROPORTIONS
Chardonnay 40% Pinot Noir 50-55% 
Pinot Meunier from 5 to 10%.  
Its dress yellow with golden reflections. 

 BRILLIANCE > Crystalline.

NOSE > delicate and fruity.  
There say aromas of pear flesh to clear 
and nuts - hazelnuts, almonds. 
And notes of white flowers, escorted
by aromas of buttered brioche and croissants.



In the mouth, its freshness dominant, it combines with harmony and roundness with a persistent length.


This magnum Brut was sold in a specific box 

It is available on Cotes Vins at 88,00€ and on Le Repaire de Bacchus at 
 E90,00€.


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