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“Why participate in this friendly and professional round table? », Asks the cellar master of Maison Taittinger, without avoiding the pleasure of being there, at the beginning of a beautiful noturist event. And to answer immediately: “Because I have a very affectionate respect for this sector of Champagne. There I worked at a very educational moment in my career. For ten years, in fact, I was a consultant nologist at the Bar-sur- Technical Station of the Sena. I have maintained my bond with this region and with the women and men who give life to it and demonstrate a true art of living. Furthermore, Taittinger has a hundred hectares of vineyards in Essoyes and Loches-sur-Ource and we are very present in this valley whose grapes we appreciate, especially for our red wine vinification. Like so many others, I have noticed the willingness of the collectors-handlers of the Côte des Bar to go towards more and more diversity, typicality, but also a real increase in quality for bring the colors of Champagne up. People here work hard to make great wines and it is important to make them known. For them, the Champagne Route is a great opportunity, very festive, very warm, and it seems important to me. í to help them show the heritage of the region and its products. Which I do with great pleasure partnering with the 2018 event preparation today. “
- Alexandre Ponnavoy said he appreciated the “different styles of champagne” that were presented to him.
- With blend wines of several years but also beautiful vintages and.
- Of course.
- 100% pinot noir because this grape is the queen of the sector.
- Heralds one of the comments to be found in the notebooks.
- It also shone on a 100% chardonnay champagne made in Verpillières (Editor’s note: pure blanc cuvée.
- By Philippe Millot and his daughter Tiphaine).
- This wine has a very different expression than what we used to have with a 100% Chardonnay.
- Here we are in a very fruity.
- Very aromatic Chardonnay register with a small note of minerality.
- Which comes to express the Kimmeridgian soil of this terroir.
- Which It gives a champagne at the same time as gluttony and that tends.
- In short.
- To freshness.
- The developer adds a little flirtatiousness with a small percentage of wood.
- It brings a touch of complexity and a beautiful harmony.
- ”he says.
Essoyes: Thierry Mercuzot Fontette: Charles Collin? Christian Senez. Landreville: Mongery? Vettraino? Rene Jolly ?, Edouard Martin. Loches-sur-Ource: Poinsot Frères? Richardot, Amyot? Dautel-Cadot? Successors of Tassin, Noah-les-Mallets: Cordeuil P