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Champagne Louis D'Or 1996 75cl

AOC Grand Cru | Champagne | France
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Tous les millésimes

1996
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96 Robert Parker
The 1996 Louis d'Or Brut Millésimé is a blend of 50% Pinot Noir from Verzenay, Ambonnay, Mailly and Bouzy and 50% Chardonnay from Avize, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Chouilly. Fermented in stainless steel, with malolactic, and it was disgorged in March 2016 with a dosage of six grams per liter. This luxurious, golden colored vintage Champagne offers a beautifully complex, matured and vinous bouquet with lovely brioche, mushroom and yeasty flavors. The visual CO2 is gone quickly, but on the palate it gives this lean and steely yet enormously complex Millésime a tight structure and enormous length. It is tastes bone dry so that you can fully concentrate on the very complex and mineral character and the lovely austere finish. This is great a Champagne for purists, and the finish is enormous, reminding me of matured dry Rieslings from the good old Rheingau. Many of our readers may eventually ask for more roundness and charm here... But first: this is 1996. And second: this is Louis d'Or, and there is no Champagne like this.<br/>Champagne de Venoge's finest wines come along in carafe-shaped bottles that one might call kitsch, but I like them. They don't fit in my fridge door, but my fridge is big and the Champagne's good enough to deserve its own shelf and an upright position. The prestige cuvées Louis XV and Louis d'Or are remarkably elegant and vinous sparkling wines with structure, great complexity and also finesse. The 2006 Brut Rosé is one of the finest you can get, and the 1995 Louis XV is a greatly matured and generous Champagne that is still terribly fresh even though it was disgorged more than ten years ago in 2006. Cellar master Isabelle Tellier is doing a great job; there is not a single disappointing wine in the current portfolio that starts with the easy-drinking Cordon Bleu and offers some sophisticated cuvées in the Princes range. Champage de Venoge is—despite its glorious but volatile history (in terms of frequent changes of ownership)—still an underrated rising star in the Champagne region. Champagne de Venoge is now owned by Lanson-BCC.
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De Venoge

Épernay, de Venoge fait figure de véritable trésor. Avec des millions de bouteilles de Champagne stockées sous la Maison dans des caves de craie, de Venoge abrite l'une des plus riches œnothèques de la région. Véhiculant une image de noblesse, de distinction et de raffinement, de Venoge a une histoire assez intéressante. La Maison a été fondée en 1837 par Henri-Marc de Venoge, originaire de Suisse. Les racines de la famille de Venoge remontent au 15e siècle en Suisse, à l’endroit où la rivière Venoge se jette dans le lac Léman. En 1998, la Maison a rejoint le groupe Boizel Chanoine Champagne et ses vins sont désormais distribués dans plus de 40 pays. Chaque bouteille respecte les normes de qualité les plus strictes : citons notamment ses faibles dosages, l'utilisation des premiers jus de presse et de longues périodes de vieillissement. Le Champagne de Venoge propose une déclinaison riche et complète de Champagnes de haut vol à l’excellent rapport qualité/prix.