Description
Disgorged in October 2015 and tasted in October 2018 from lot L6S920703 again, the golden-yellow NV Cuvée des Moines Extra Brut blends 56% Chardonnay with 44% Pinot Noir and offers a deep, rich and elegant bouquet with pure chalk aromas intertwined with ripe and aromatic Kirsch and Chardonnay-driven tropical fruit expressions as well as as brioche and mushroom aromas, which indicate a certain maturity. On the palate, this is a rich, complex yet pure, refined, mineral-fresh and beautifully matured Extra Brut with lots of brioche, bread and mushroom flavors and highly elegant, mineral-driven acidity. The vibrant, stimulating finish is pure, fresh and persistently salty. This is an excellent Extra Brut, and readers can serve it today or during the next 10 years.
- Country: France
- Region: Champagne
- Size: 750ml
- Alcohol by Vol: 12.5%
Varietal
Champagne Blend
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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