Drappier Carte d'Or Brut Champagne NV (750 ml) Impero Wine Distributors

Drappier Carte d'Or Brut Champagne NV (750 ml) Impero Wine DistributorsWinemaker Notes The Carte d'Or cuve is the very expression of the Drappier style. With its very high proportion of Pinot Noir, one is almost tasting a Blanc de Noirs. Champagne with a fine aromatic richness, it opens with aromas of stoned fruits such as white vineyard peach. A spicy hint announces a powerful complex palate. A vinous Champagne of lovely complexity with a characteristic note of quince jelly. Ideal as an apertif. At the table, it goes

Aromas of wild strawberries

but a filet section where the gneiss minerality defines the

It pairs wonderfully with pizzas with firm toppings

Aromas of key lime pie

91 James Suckling Lifted nose with tarry fruit

It needs a good 4-5 years of bottle age (or more) and it’s going to be long-lived

Prefermentation Technique:

25% of them new

29 acres) of vines on soils of gravels on top of layers of clay

Blend : Malbec

Clear salinity where you can feel the slate scrape of the limestone terroir

wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis