Champagner Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut - Piper-Heidsieck

With the Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut comes a first-class champagne in the wine glass. In this it presents a wonderfully brilliant, golden yellow color. The perlage of this sparkling wine is incredibly fine, elegant and long-lasting in the glass. When swirling the glass, this sparkling wine is characterized by a fascinating lightness, which makes it dance lively in the glass. In the glass, this sparkling wine from Piper-Heidsieck presents aromas of kumquats, oranges, pomelo, lemons and grapefruits, complemented by other fruity nuances. This dry sparkling wine from Piper-Heidsieck is just right for wine connoisseurs who can't drink their wine dry enough. The Champagne Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut already comes very close to this, it was pressed with just 5.9 grams of residual sugar. On the tongue, this light-footed champagne is characterized by an incredibly melting texture. With its lively fruit acidity, the Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut Champagne is impressively fresh and lively on the palate. In the finish, this from the wine-growing region of Champagne finally inspires with considerable length. There are again hints of pear and quince. In the aftertaste, mineral notes of the soils dominated by marl and limestone are added.

Vinification of the Champagne Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut by Piper-Heidsieck

The basis for the first-class and wonderfully elegant Cuvée Champagne Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut from Piper-Heidsieck are Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir grapes. The grapes grow under optimal conditions in the Champagne region. The vines here dig their roots deep into soils of limestone and marl. Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut Champagne is an Old World wine through and through, as this Frenchman breathes an extraordinary European charm that clearly underscores the success of Old World wines. When perfectly ripe, the grapes for Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut Champagne are harvested exclusively by hand, without the aid of coarse and less selective full harvesters. After harvesting, the grapes are immediately taken to the winery. Here they are sorted and gently broken up. Then the fermentation of the base wines takes place. After the cuvée is assembled, further aging follows based on the Méthode Champenoise. Subsequently, the Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut matures for 48 months on the full yeast.

Food recommendation for the Champagne Essentiel Cuvée Réservée Extra Brut from Piper-Heidsieck

Drink this sparkling wine from France best very well chilled at 5 - 7°C as an accompaniment to coconut-lime fish curry, potato pan with salmon or pasta with sausage dumplings.

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