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Ambre de Solemme Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Millésimé 2016

69,52 €

(92,69 € / 1000 ml)
Incl. VAT where applicable

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  • 🎨 Colour: Rosé to copper-coloured with lively perlage
  • 👃 Flavour: Subtle notes of barberries, redcurrants, pomelos, herbs, almond biscuits and nougat
  • 👅 Flavour: Acidic berry flavours (barberry, redcurrant, pomegranate seeds), grapefruit, pomelo, chalky, salty with a fine mousseux
  • 🎭 Character: Pure Pinot Meunier from old vines, without chaptalisation, filtration, tartrate stabilisation or added sulphur
  • 🍽️ Food recommendations: Sea snails with shiro miso mayonnaise, terrine with chicken liver, thyme and almonds, snails with mushrooms and cream
  • ✨ Special features: Grapes from chalky and calcareous vineyards, without dosage
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Tasting note from from 17.10.2023, Copyright Christoph Raffelt

Information

The grapes come from a unique chalky and calcareous vineyard in Villiers-aux-Nœuds with 70 % over 50 years old and 30 % over 30 years old Meunier vines. Accordingly, this is a single-varietal Pinot Meunier. There was no chaptalisation and no filtration or tartaric stabilisation. No sulphur was added when the wine was disgorged. Ambre de Solemme contains no dosage.

Colour

Rosé to copper-coloured with lively perlage

Nose

The Meunier champagne with its unusual colour is subtle on the nose with notes of barberries and redcurrants, pomelo and herbs. There is a very fine aroma of almond biscuits and nougat in the background.

Palate

The palate is also characterised by rather acidic berry notes of barberry, redcurrant and pomegranate seeds. Grapefruit and pomelo bring savoury, tart notes to the palate. Ambre de Solemmewhich is chalky and salty with a fine mousseux and pleasant pressure.

Food recommendations by Christoph Raffelt

  • Sea snails with shiro miso mayonnaise
  • Terrine with chicken liver, thyme and almonds
  • Snails with mushrooms and cream

Profile

Allergens

Contains sulfur

Stil

Colour

Winemaker

Solemme

Country

France

Region

Champagne

Type

,

Vintage

Content

Alcohol content

12% Vol.

Residual sugar

Drinking temperature

10°

Manufacturer

Champagne Solemme, 2 rue de la motelle, 51550 Villers aux Noeuds, France. Organic certificate: FR-BIO-01

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