Champagne Tasting Class
Tasting class with Monica from @cuvee_champagne and private Chef Jacky, introducing Champagnes from Champagne Manon Boutillez Guer (@champagnemanonboutillezguer), Champagne Vincent Charlot (@champcharlottanneux), Champagne Henri Goutorbe (@champagne_hgoutorbe).
Champagne Vincent Charlot Le Fruit de ma Passion Extra-Brut 2018
Price around 48-52 Euros (HKD 423 - 460)
(@champcharlottanneux)
Champagne Vincent Charlot, also known as Charlot Tanneux, attended Winemaking School in Alsace in the early 1990s. He then took over the family vineyards and embarked on his journey as an organic grower of Champagne. The vineyard spans 4.4 hectares, spread across 39 plots in six villages. Each parcel is vinified separately to highlight its unique terroir. All plots are cultivated using organic and biodynamic practices. He is a Demeter-certified organic grower.
I last tasted it in December 2023 (read it here), and I was pleased to be able to taste it again. It is a great champagne and excellent value for money. Crafted with 55% Pinot Meunier and the remaining 20% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay, it has been vinified for 10 months in oak barrels, with indigenous yeasts and no filtration, then finished with a dosage of 3gr/l. The resulting champagne is crisp, as dry, zesty, and lemony as it gets, with slightly toasted brioche nuances mingling with white and stone fruit notes. Nicely done and super easy to drink. It was my favorite in terms of taste/ price /quality ratio. Highly recommended, if you can get your hand on it, as only 6124 bottles were produced in this vintage.
Champagne Manon Boutillez Guer Prise de vue Brut 2012
Price around 75-80 Euros (HKD 662 - 706)
(@champagnemanonboutillezguer)
Five centuries ago, the Boutillez family was already established in the charming village of Villers-Marmery, a Premier Cru located in the heart of the picturesque Montagne de Reims. In 2019, after a career as a nurse, Manon Boutillez Guer decided to join the family tradition and embraced the art of harvesting and winemaking, gradually taking over from her father, Marc Boutillez.
In 2021, Manon Boutillez won the chardonnay category at the 10th edition of the young talent competition "Les Jeunes Talents du Champagne." Under her own name, Manon Boutillez Guer launched a series of promising champagnes with distinctive, colorful labels.
As a passionate and independent winemaker, she tends her 5.25-hectare vineyard, predominantly planted with Chardonnay, and crafts the exquisite Champagne Boutillez-Guer cuvées with profound respect for tradition.
She perfectly describes her concept on the back label: "Savourer l’éphémère, saisir l’envoutant, déguster le mystère d’un terroir et sublimer l’instant… telles sont les expériences que je veux vous faire découvrir au travers de mes champagnes." - Manon Boutillez Guer (*)
A Champagne Blanc de Blancs, made from 100% Chardonnay from Villers-Marmery, harvested in September 2012, then disgorged 9 years later, in October 2021, with a dosage of 8g/l, is a tiny production: only 1510 bottles were produced. It was my first time tasting this producer and this champagne, and it was pretty pleasing. This light, elegant, layered Champagne is generous on the attack and mid-palate, with white fruit and floral aromas and flavors mingling with yeasty and mineral notes, leading to the structured and mineral finish. It was lovely and enjoyable, and it undoubtedly benefitted from the exceptional quality of the vintage.
I would have loved it more, around 50-60 Euros, but I guess 75-80 Euros is the price to pay for such an "ephemeral" tiny production.
Champagne Manon Boutillez Les Huchettes Extrait de Terroir Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2018
******work in progress******
These champagnes were paired with Omi beef from Japan, prepared on site by Chef Jacky (in the picture with Monica below).
Thank you, Monica and Chef Jacky. It was a pleasant little tasting.
It is always an enlightening experience to taste small growers' Champagnes.
I especially liked to taste those of Manon Boutillez Guer, which I was tasting for the first time.
Thank you also to Kei Chan for organizing it.
Cheers! Santé!
Dom
(*) (Savor the ephemeral, capture the captivating, taste the mystery of a terroir, and enhance the moment... these are the experiences I want you to discover through my champagnes.)
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