Christmas bubbles
Instead of opening the usual champagne brands for Christmas, I always like to venture out into the lesser-known path.
This year, I discovered a Champagne I had only heard little of, yet never seen nor tasted before:
Champagne Le Brun de Neuville.
Its label attracted me immediately as I entered the wine store. First, because I did not know it, and I'm always curious about labels that I don't know. Secondly, its predominantly white color contrasted with the rest of the champagne labels on the shelf (a very good marketing strategy, IMO).
I opened it on Christmas Eve with some "blenis" topped with sour cream and a touch of Caviar. It was a pairing made in heaven! 🍾🥂
Le Brun de Neuville Millesime 2012 Brut
Produced from 40-year-old vines, planted on clay and chalky soils on the limestone hillside of Côte de Sézanne, facing South / Southeast, this champagne is a blend of roughly 97.5% Chardonnay and 2.5% Pinot Noir (on the label, yet 97% and 3% on their website), bottled in 2013 and aged for about 10 years on lees, before its disgorgement in January 2024, with dosage at 6g/l.
This champagne is fresh, juicy, exquisite, highly recommended, and super easy to drink. Lemon zest and yellow stone fruit aromas mingle with mineral, floral, and earth-chalky notes. The palate is smooth, gentle, delicate, yet zesty, fresh and dry, yet again juicy, well-balanced, and long. Light to medium-bodied and gliding nicely from the beginning to the lingering finish, it definitely calls for another glass. And the pairing with Caviar is delightful. It would be great with oysters, too. 😋🍾🥂👍😁
Superb value for money, especially for a vintage Champagne! Love it! 🥂🍾
Cheers! Santé!
Dom
(*) This champagne is an exclusivity at @watsons.wine HK #watsonwine
More info on their website at: https://lebrundeneuville.fr/en
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