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  • Country ranking ?

    1 734
  • Producer ranking ?

    13
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    2020-2025
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

As the custodian of the house's high standards, the Beaumont des Crayères' cellar master lavishes utmost care and attention on wine making and blending of his Champagnes. Must from each grape variety, individual batches and the various single-vineyard selections are fermented separately. This technique gives him an extensive array of wines to marry during blending.

 

Fermenting the wines separately also means that wine making can be tailored to suit each cuvee. To ensure the highest level of proficiency, racking and the various types of fermentation are conducted in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. For the prestige cuvees, some of the wines are aged in oak, imparting greater aromatic intensity, substance on the palate and length.

 

A few weeks after the harvest, the blending season begins with a series of blind tastings involving all the wines from the current harvest and reserve wines. For the house's team of wine makers, this is another stage of selection designed to identify the wines that will, or will not, be used in blends of Beaumont des Crayères Champagne. Over the course of several months, the tastings for blending occur: this long, painstaking process is designed to define the exact proportions of each wine in each of the cuvees.

 

Blending is a key stage in the making of a great Champagne. For Beaumont des Crayères, blending is imbued with a sense of magic such are the astounding results of this fusion of cuvees in terms of smell and taste profiles. 

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Vintage 2006

A cold winter and springtime frosts laid the foundations for this vintage of abundant yields (12,997 kg/ha). Uneventful flowering was followed by exceptionally hot and sunny weather, which lasted until August. A dank August left producers fearful but fortunately warm, bright conditions in September redressed the balance. Harvest commenced on September 9th, producing grapes high in sugar level but notably low on acidity. The general health of the grapes was sufficient, producing wines which excel over the preceding 2005 vintage, another warm and ample year. The year's greatest wines are supple and expressive and despite the richness they escape being overly heavy. Overt and welcoming upon launch, the best come with excellent capacity for ageing. Winey, and richly fruity characters, most Champagnes regrettably miss some tension and finesse. Wines of the vintage include Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, Krug Vintage and Dom Pérignon Rosé.

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Light, Yellow and Bright

ending

Long, Pure and Lingering

flavors

Apricot, Floral and Citrus

nose

Youthful, Fresh, Ripe and Generous

taste

High in Acidity, Well-structured, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Firm, Focused, Fresh and Dry

Verdict

Well-rounded and Fine

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is yellow, and looking bright and light. On the nose it is open, youthful, fresh, ripe, generous, charming and forward. The taste is fresh, focused, fruity, vivid, firm, and dry, and high in acidity, medium-bodied, with well-structured structure and youthful. On the palate it is layered and has apricot, floral and citrus flavours. The finish is long, lingering and pure. This wine is wonderful and fine. Decant at least 5min before tasting.
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Origin

Mardeuil, Champagne
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