Champagne Extra Brut 'Meunier Perpetuel' Famille Delouvin
The Champagne Extra Brut 'Meunier Perpetuel' Famille Delouvin is a smooth and elegant Champagne made from Pinot Meunier according to the Solera Method. It is rich and persistent on the palate, with fine and delicate mousse, while the nose expresses rich notes of fruit, honey, brioche bread and slight oxidative nuances. To accompany rich vegetarian first courses
The Extra Brut Champagne “Meunier Perpetuel” Famille Delouvin is a rich and intense cuvée that highlights the best evolutionary qualities of Meunier, the red grape variety symbol of the Vallée de la Marne. It is the result of a house that has cultivated vines for ten generations and preserves an ancient savoir-faire based on a deep knowledge of the territory. Made also with reserve wines preserved using the Solera Method, it is a Champagne with a strong and distinctive personality, characterized by mature and complex aromas, marked by delicate oxidative nuances that enhance its bouquet. A bottle for enthusiasts who love the depth and enveloping elegance of tertiary aromas. For these characteristics, it finds the ideal placement at the table paired with roasted or spit-roasted white meats.
The “Meunier Perpetuel” Extra Brut Champagne Famille Delouvin is the result of a reality that has maintained a confidential character brand with which it markets a small production made with extreme care. The Champagne is produced only with Meunier grapes coming from parcels located in the municipality of Vandières, in the heart of the Vallée de la Marne region. The vines are cultivated on marl soils with a sunny exposure facing south and southeast, which favors an ‘excellent ripening of the grapes. The best bunches selected in the vineyard during the harvest are softly pressed, and the free-run must is vinified in white with fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. The base wines age for a few months without undergoing malolactic fermentation, to then be blended with 30% of perpetual reserve wines of the house preserved for 30 years partly in steel and partly in French oak barrels. The secondary fermentation occurs in the bottle according to the Champenoise Method, with at least 36 months of aging on the lees before disgorgement.
The Extra Brut “Meunier Perpetuel” Famille Delouvin is a Champagne for connoisseurs, who appreciate vintage sensations and Champagnes with a vinous and relaxed character. In appearance, it presents a beautiful yellow color with brilliant golden reflections and a fine and very persistent perlage. Broad and rich, it offers an aromatic palette that ranges from ripe yellow fruit to honeyed softness and pastry notes, from hints of citrus peel to dried fruit and roasting sensations, on a delicately oxidative background. Mature and rich, it delivers a complex, aromatically dense sip, soft and long, that unfolds harmoniously towards a very persistent finish.