Champagne Cuvée de La Sommelière

Marie Stuart (France)

(Champagne)

Chardonnay (90%), Pinot Nero (10%)
Sparkling Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This Champagne shows a brilliant straw yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent, good effervescence, fine and persistent perlage. The nose reveals good personality with intense, clean, pleasing and elegant aromas which start with hints of yeast, butter and crust bread followed by good aromas of banana, hawthorn, broom, apple, hazelnut, acacia honey and grapefruit. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp and effervescent attack, however well balanced, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of grapefruit, apple and banana. A well made Champagne. This Champagne ages on its lees for five years.

Alcohol: 12%

Roasted meat, Roasted fish, Stewed meat and fish

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

Issue 21, Summer 2004

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