I have had Philippe Gonet's Reserve Brut (their regular NV, which was my "house" champagne for the PWC wine dinner) for some time and have tasted this Roy Soleil once or twice before. Looking it up again, I found that this Roy Soleil is a special Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru cuvee. First produced in 2003, the fruit comes from special parcels of Chardonnay in the Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. 30% of the wine is aged in half hogshead oak barrels (one quarter new) and the rest in stell or epoxy lines containers beofre bottling and a further 4 years of cellar aging.
I had this wine in theBurgundy tasting at the end of July. The wine was a golden yellow with good streams of fine bubbles. The nose was sweet and fruity with notes of bamboo shoots. The palate was dry, acid and slightly fruity, sporting an initial acid prickle developing into a nice soft mousse. An acid backbone provides sterling support.
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