29-12-2013
Champagne Blanc des Millenaires (vintage 1995) by Charles Heidsieck, a generous 100% chardonnay champagne. A good option to celebrate, just like Emeraude Brut Alain Réaut, Eclat Saten Santa Lucia and Blauwald Cesconi
Years go by. This one is about to end, but life goes on. Time for a top ten list? Well, let’s leave that to those who cannot help making an evaluation. We prefer 4 last minute proposals, for the last moment of the year. Four wines dedicated to those who always look at life as a glass half full.
Emeraude Brut Alain Réaut We’re in the Cotes des Bars, on the border between Champagne and Bourgogne. In this countryside crossed by the river Seine, in the small village of Courteron, for the past 35 years Alain Réaut has been cultivating 11 hectares of vineyard that enjoy a perfect exposure to the sun and a microclimate that for pinot noir means a definite maturation. Since 1992 the winery production is organic. Brut Emeraude is an assemblage of 90% pinot noir and 10% chardonnay, a delicate golden nuance and a very fine and enjoyable perlage. Hardly buttery. It is cutting and straight with a clear citrus note that stimulates salivation.
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