Collection Vintage 2012 Brut
A flagbearer of this excellent year, Collection Vintage 2012 Brut, with its equal-parts blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier, delivers a structure bursting with personality and harmony.
Cellar-aged at least 9 years.
As an aperitif : best served at 9-10°C.
With food : best served at 10-12°C.
Tasting notes:
- Deep gold with fine and delicate bubbles.
- Delicious aromas of toast, brioche and acacia honey are replaced by more mature notes of candied fruits, reminiscent of quince jam.
- Initially, in synergy with the bouquet, then delivering more complexity and a maturity underscored by the Pinot Noir. The elegant structure gains in fullness and depth, enhanced by a spicy accent of cumin and nutmeg, and hazelnut too.
Finally, the 2012 vintage releases yellow fruit notes of nectarine. The tongue-tingling finish is underpinned by impressive poise.
Pairings
Collection Vintage 2012 Brut is the ultimate champagne crafted with gastronomy in mind, and will shine at its very brightest when enjoyed with food.
Try with: Foie Gras 'mi-cuit' ; pulled duck with ceps ; mushroom risotto ; guineafowl and ceps ; fillet of spiced wild boar ; lamb and olive tagine.
Fromages : Gouda with cumin ; Munster blanc and caraway seeds ; Valençay or Selles-sur-Cher goat's cheese.
Desserts : Panettone ; candied fruit brioche.
2012 in Champagne
The vintage celebrates one of the greatest successes of the Champagne region. A superb year for Champagne, which some even go so far as to compare with the mytical 1989 or 1990. And yet on the face of it, climatic conditions seemed far from ideal to creating a great vintage. In fact, the cold period was long and harsh, lingering in spring and curtailing the onset of the growing period, only for summer to be greeted with heavy rain.
