Sunday 29 October 2017

Vini di Vignaioli Vins de Vignerons 2017 | Fornovo di Taro (Parma)




Sunday 5th and Monday 6th November, back the classic appointment, in Fornovo di Taro village, near Parma (North Italy), with the unmissable event of Vini di Vignaioli, Vins de Vignerons 2017 (winegrowers wines), this year celebrating the sixteenth edition.

Not only tasting, but also knowing directly the winegrowers and tune into their modus, to understand their working philosophy.

This edition will present more than 130 winemakers, with the possibility, as usual, to purchase the wines in tasting, and there will be also a large group of high quality food, and publishing companies.

As usual, you can find the list of winegrowers, and other useful information, by consulting their website and the fb page.


Friday 13 October 2017

Jacquesson Champagne Cuvée n° 728 n.v.




One of the oldest Champagne Houses, from 1954 ownership of the Chiquet family.
So, only high quality, without shortcuts and compromise, that is the philosophy of the brothers Laurent and Jean-Hervé.
About 270,000 bottles produced, not much if you compare with the big quantities about Champagne production. Only grapes from villages classified as Premier and Grand Cru and are not practiced filtration and clarification.

Just turn the bottle and the back label shows all the information about this noble liquid.
728 is the progressive number of cuvées, according to the cellar register.
728 means harvest 2000 (68%) and vins de réserve for the rest, and blend of 36% Chardonnay, 37% Pinot Meunier and 27% Pinot Noir, with a very low dosage (5 g/l) and disgorged during the second quarter of 2004. Yes, 2004!

Intense and brilliant ancient gold, with very fine bubbles.
The nose reveals a beautiful intensity and great finesse.

The first nose is grilled, on the flavors of pastry and smoked hazelnut, then appear aromas of candied fruits - apricot and melon, lime and grapefruit. Little by little, ginger, combined with apple and pear confit, while a strong minerality completes this refined olfactory range.

All this is a prelude, as a natural consequence, to an elegant mouth, racy and surprisingly very young, with a clear and sharp acidity. A straight and tense Champagne, powerful and very smoky mineral. Finish with good length and remarkable persistence.
A Great Wine (with bubbles) and an excellent gastronomy Champagne.