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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by CCL957 on 7/27/2016 & rated 92 points: Very good. Best in 5 hrs after opened but all bubbles were gone then. (2889 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 12/23/2011 & rated 90 points: Holiday Wines at Knightsbridge (Northbrook, IL): Ripe fruit on nose with a very bready/toasty character. Ripe and lush fruit with that same bread and yeasty character. Good textures, but I'd suggest best to drink over the next few years while still retaining some freshness. (5487 views) | | | Tasted by pmevans on 12/11/2011 & rated 89 points: I actually prefered the Cartes D'Or bottling to this, althought is the prestige label. One single tiny thread of bubbles. This just seemed a little tired for some reason. We certainly finished the bottle but it was just a little lacking. Had at the club for Vickie's birthday. (4856 views) | | | Tasted by matherjo on 9/24/2011 & rated 95 points: Very youthful floral, tangerine, citron. Biscuit, pain grille.
Good weight and depth, minerality (5026 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 7/19/2011 & rated 92 points: WineBerserkers Brunch and Dinner (San Francisco): Lovely slight oxidation, fruit still present, great and refreshing. Mature and ready. 91-92 (5884 views) | | | Tasted by theRealPepe on 7/17/2011: Welcome Noel to SF Brunch (Foreign Cinema, San Francisco, CA USA): I took no notes on the champagnes at this meal! The vague recollection on this one was of a very full-bodied champagne that wanted some room away from the whites, reds and sparklers opened concurrently. (4070 views) | | | Tasted by WST on 6/13/2009 & rated 92 points: A gift to the tasting from Mike and Becky at DuJour Bistro. Crisp and clean and youthful. Scant nuttiness still dominated by citrus fruit. Fine but generous mousse, great grip. (1878 views) | | | Tasted by Chateaunewf on 11/28/2008 & rated 93 points: Youthful straw color with a plenty of effervesence and very nice small bead. Just a slight yeasty aroma with no autolysis notes. Powerful on the attack and surprisingly youthful. Fairly reductive in style with just enough yeasty lees to round out the austere fruit. Long and balanced with good acidity. This has enough stuffing and cut to serve with a meal but is not too austere to avoid as an aperatif. It has aged immaculately. A beautiful Champagne with good vinosity. (1936 views) | | | Tasted by Mark on 8/15/2007 & rated 90 points: No tasting note. Opened while prepping dinner for Larry and Sue and my house. Mature, drinking very well. (2224 views) |
| Drappier Producer Website
Michel Drappier is the seventh generation of the Drappier family. The family stretches back to the draper Rémy Drappier, who was born in 1604, but it was not until 1808 that François settled in Urville, in the south of Champagne, where Cistercian monks had settled in the 12th century. When Georges Collot, the maternal grandfather of Michel Drappier, planted his first Pinot vines in the 1930s, the neighboring winegrowers laughed at him, calling him “Father Pinot”. André and Micheline carried forward the style established by “Father Pinot” and created the prestige cuvée Carte d’Or in 1952.
Although the vines in Urville were originally planted by the Romans 2000 years ago, it was Saint Bernard, founder of Clairvaux Abbey, who had our cellars built in 1152.
Seven centuries later, in 1808, around this magnificently preserved testimony to medieval times, where the exceptional cuvées slumber, the family domaine was created which today is headed by Michel Drappier. An area in which Pinot Noir thrives, a grape variety which “runs through our veins”, Urville lies where our vineyard was first planted and is now cultivated according to organic and natural principles.
Just like the “archives” plotting the long history of our house, we also continue to cultivate forgotten and nevertheless unforgettable grape varieties: Arbane, Petit Meslier and Blanc Vrai.
Today, rather than sophisticated, sometimes overdone excellence, we prefer authenticity and a natural approach.
Thanks mainly to very low quantities of dosage and extremely limited use of sulphites, of which the Brut Nature Without Sulphur cuvée is the culmination, we are able to highlight the multifaceted aspects of our terroirs and our wine-making.
Champagne Blend"Champagne blend" is a classic grape blend that typically includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier in any proportions.
However, this blend can also include Arbane, Fromenteau (Pinot Gris), Petit Meslier and/or Pinot Blanc as well.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comChampagne Le Champagne (Le comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) | Grandes Marques & Maisons de Champagne (Union des Maisons de Champagne)
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Champagne - The French region of Champagne (including the cities of Rheims, Épernay, and Aÿ) was the first region in the world to make sparkling wine in any quantity. Today, the name of the region is synonymous with the finest of all sparkling wines, and wine-making traditions of Champagne have become role models for sparkling wine producers, worldwide. Surprisingly, the region of Champagne is now responsible for only one bottle in 12 of all sparkling wine produced. Styles of champagne range in sweetness ranging from an extra brut or brut 0, to the basic brut to demi sec to doux; some houses produce single vintage champagnes and others produce non-vintage (or incorporate wines/grapes of multiple vintages), often to preserve a specific taste; combinations of grape varietals; and colors, including a rosé. There are several sub-appellations, including the Valley of the Marnes river running from Épernay west, Massif de Saint-Thierry north and west of Rheims, Valley of the Ardre, the Mountains of Rheims (between Rheims and Épernay), Côte des Blancs, Côte de Sézanne, and Côte des Bar in the South. Champagne wine only uses three grape varietals (cépages): Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier.ChampagneThe vineyards of Champagne on weinlagen-info |
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