Les Jardins d'André Clouet Les Hautes-Brousses 2019
AOC Champagne, Bouzy Grand Cru, 750 ml
Bouzy’s Red Soul
- A limited-edition single-vineyard Blanc de Noirs from the ‘Les Jardins d’André Clouet’ champagne collection.
- Blackberry, black cherry, subtle chalky minerality – powerful and expressive.
- Pairs well with charcuterie, game birds, pâté en croûte and hard cheeses.
Description
Le Les Hautes Brousses fait partie de la collection limitée de champagnes de parcelles uniques « Les Jardins d’André Clouet ». Chaque parcelle est comme un jardin à part entière, marqué par son sol, son exposition et son microclimat, et raconte sa propre histoire. Blanc de Noirs issu à 100 % de Pinot Noir, ce champagne est expressif, plein de caractère et imprégné de la personnalité typique de Bouzy. Élevé en barriques puis affiné plusieurs années en bouteille après la seconde fermentation, il dégage des arômes de mûre, de cerise noire et de pomme rouge juteuse. Sa fine minéralité crayeuse lui confère une tension et une profondeur supplémentaires. Il s’accorde à merveille avec la charcuterie, le gibier à plumes, les pâtés en croûte ainsi que le comté ou le gruyère.
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Attributes
| Grape variety: | Pinot Noir |
| Producer: | Champagne André Clouet |
| Origin: | France / Champagne |
| Drinking temperature: | 8 to 10 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Apéro pastries, Coquilles Saint Jacques on lentils, Smoked fish, Spicy hard cheese, Wild fowl, Cold fish dish, dried meat |
| Vinification: | pressing the whole grape |
| Harvest: | hand-picking |
| Maturation: | in used barriques, on the yeast |
| Volume: | 12.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Champagne André Clouet
We didn’t find the low house, dating from the 17th century, straight away, even though the village of Bouzy is not very large. Modest buildings are grouped around a courtyard, behind which a vineyard lies, similar to a clos.
But first of all, Jean François Clouet, last scion of this old family that is traceable to the court of Louis XV, guided us to an elevation. We found ourselves above Bouzy on the south side of the Montagne de Reims range of hills. Jean François points westwards: In 451 AD, Attila the Hun came riding from that direction and it was here that he met the army of the Western Roman Empire. But today, instead of a battlefield, a tranquil sea of vines stretches towards the horizon.
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
