Description

Champagne Drappier
Carte d’Or

Carte d’Or:

• • The initial cuvée at Drappier
  • Traditional & consensual, but Pinot Noir dominant (80%)
  • Rich, expressive, with a long finish – It beckons the next sip, ideal for a BTG
  • A 5.5g/l dosage aged for 8 years in oak, bringing depth and fruit jelly flavors (especially quince jelly, reason of the color of the label).

Vinification of the Carte d’Or cuvée

~ Only the juices from first pressing are used
~ Use of gravity to avoid oxidation
~ No filtering
~ Minimal use of sulphur
~ 5% of the wines are matured in barrels for 1 year to enrich the cuvée.
~ Dosage: 7 g/l

GRAPE VARIETY:

• • 80% Pinot Noir,
  • 15% Chardonnay,
  • 5% Meunier

FOOD PAIRINGS:

• • Ideal as an aperitif.
  • At the table it goes with white meats, rolled fish fillets,
  • Chaource cheese.

Serve at:

• • 45°F.

TASTING NOTES:

• • The Carte d’Or cuvée 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 stone fruits such as white vineyard peach.
  • A spicy hint announces a powerful and complex palate.
  • A vinous Champagne of lovely complexity with a characteristic note of quince jelly.

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