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Champagne Gosset has added an Extra Brut to its range, its first non-vintage expression of this style, with a dosage of 5g/litre.
The Extra Brut Gosset Champagne is made t has been made from a blend of 32% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir 45% and 23% Pinot Meunier sourced from villages including Cumières, Boursault, Janvry, Chavot, Vertus, Cuis, Avenay, Tauxières, Louvois, Villers-Marmery, Trépail.
Vinified and aged for three years on its lees “to eliminate the risk of premature oxidation”, well beyond the legal minimum of 15 months, the wine has a dosage of just 5g/l, with the aim of preserving the “balance between freshness, fruit and vinosity, without masking the wine’s character or purity”.
On the nose, the wine is said to exude aromas of “white flowers, such as acacia and hawthorn, set off by succulent aromas of pear,” replicated on the palate, along with peaches, mirabelles and greengages, and described as a wine with “great purity with a fresh and lively acidity”.
Gosset cellarmaster, Odilon de Varine, added: “This cuvée offers a subtle blend of aromatic precision and vinosity. It shows a complex and round character while being Extra-Brut It has been designed for drinkers who love lively Champagnes.”
The Champagne Gosset Extra Brut joins a portfolio of Champagnes which includes Gosset Grande Réserve NV, Gosset Grand Rosé NV, Gosset Grand Blanc de Blancs NV, Gosset Grand Millésime 2006, Celebris Vintage 2007 and Celebris Rosé 2007, which replaces Gosset Brut Excellence NV and is directed to the on-trade.
CHAMPAGNE GOSSET RANKED 4TH BEST CHAMPAGNE BRAND (AMONG 50 CHAMPAGNE HOUSES LISTED BY LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE)
A new award given to The Oldest Wine House in Champagne: Aÿ 1584.
Champagne GOSSET has been awarded by the latest issue (December 2013) of La Revue du Vin de France the 4th position among the 50 best-known brands of Champagne leading prestigious houses such as Dom Perignon (5th), Krug (7th), Billecart-Salmon (10th) and Ruinart (20th).
This ranking is the ultimate distinction following several others like the Prix Spécial awarded by the Guide Bettane & Desseauveto the highest 2013 quality improvement among all other Champagne Houses or the Grappe d’Or from Guide Hachette for the consistant «Coup de Coeur».
It confirms several outstanding ratings lately given to the GOSSET Cuvées such as :
• 19/20 to GRAND MILLESIME 2004 by Tom Stevenson in The World of Fine Wines (issue 41 2013)
• 92 given to both CELEBRIS VINTAGE 2002 and CELEBRIS ROSE 2007 in Weinwirtschaft (issue 23/2013)
• The Gold Medal for GRANDE RESERVE from Mundis Vini Wine Competition (september 2013)
• and from The Champagne Guide 2014-2015 – Tyson Stelzer Australie for:
GRANDE RESERVE: 94 points
GRAND BLANC DE BLANCS: 94 points
GRAND ROSE: 94 points
GRAND MILLESIME 2004: 96 points
CELEBRIS VINTAGE 2002: 96 points
CELEBRIS ROSE 2007: 96 points
This high opinion of the “excellence of GOSSET’s know-how” has also been approved, last October, by the French Government label “EPV” (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant), given to-date to only 2 Champagne Houses.