Champagne Grande Sendrée Brut 1996

Drappier (France)

(Champagne)

Pinot Nero (55%), Chardonnay (45%)
Sparkling Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This Champagne shows a brilliant golden yellow color and nuances of golden yellow, very transparent, good effervescence, fine and persistent perlage. The nose reveals good personality with intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas which start with good hints of bread crust, honey and yeast followed by good aromas of banana, brioche, pineapple, butter, apple, litchi, grapefruit, orange peel, praline and hints of flint. In the mouth has very good correspondence to the nose, a crisp and effervescent attack with pleasing smoothness, however well balanced, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of honey, banana, grapefruit and brioche. A great Champagne.

Alcohol: 12%

Roasted fish, Stewed fish, Roasted meat, Stuffed pasta

Suggested glass	11 °C (51 °F)
(Mature and Vintage Classic Method Sparkling Wines)

Issue 22, September 2004

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