I had this champagne over the Christmas holidays at a family dinner. This is a Champagne house with which I am not familiar. Started in the 1920s by the grandfather of the present owner, who had been growing grapes in the Grand Cru village of Verzeney, this house combines the quality of its Grad Cru grapes with the state of the art winery to produce an impressive range of wines, which tends to emphasize the Pinot Noir grapes which grow especially well in the village. This Brut Traditional is 70% Pinot Noir (the rest Chardonnay), with some 22% reserve wines, cellared for 30 months before release.
It was a pale straw with good streams of fine bubbles. The nose was crisp acid with a hint of bamboo shoots. There was a good acid prickle on entry dissolving into a soft mousse, and a crisp acid palate with some bamboo shoot notes, supported by a clean acid backbone.
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