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Grand Vintage Collection 2006

Grand Vintage Collection 2006

tasting notes

Composition

Chardonnay: 42%. Pinot Noir: 39%. Meunier: 19%. The Chardonnay grapes, which were the ripest and healthiest, are in the majority, while the proportion of Meunier, which was less ripe and more fragile at the end of the harvest, is lower than in previous vintages. Pinot Noir completes the blend.

Bright gold color, with green hues

A smoky, full-bodied bouquet

A black and spicy bouquet

After 15 years of ageing on yeast lees, the reductive ripeness is well developed, with dry, grey notes of smoke and toast. Initial notes of flint and pepper remain. On aeration, the fruit reveals itself. The original juicy, yellow fruit (peach, mango), has become darker and candied, and is now reminiscent of dates or figs.

A long, full-bodied palate

On the palate, the attack is generous and supple, and the wine unfolds like an enveloping sphere. The prolonged ageing on yeast lees has lengthened the initial matter, and the finish lingers with a concentrated, deliciously bitter sensation of candied lemon.

DOSAGE

5g/L

AGING PERIOD IN THE CELLAR

15 years

AGING AFTER DISGORGEMENT

6 months minimum

Chromaticity

Grey, smoky, toasted notes emerge on the initial nose. The fruit is concentrated and candied, like a plump date.

Textures

On the palate, the wine develops and fills the mouth.

do

  • Generous, melting textures

  • Smoky toasted notes combined with a concentrated fruitiness

  • Moderate iodized flavor of white fish or seaweed

  • Controlled saltiness

  • Fragrant peppers

  • Exotic condiment flavors

  • don't

    • Pure, excessive acidity

    • Excessively fresh greenness and dominant plant flavors

    • Dominant sweetness

    • Red meat

    • Fibrous textures (skate wing, muscular parts of fish)

    • Dry or very chewy textures (abalone, dry meats)

    • Raw unprepared products

    Ingredients matrix

    pourquoi ?
    Mâche non excessive
    Jutosité délicate et élégante
    Œufs de poisson (pour le craquant
    et la salinité iodée)
    Quel ingrédient ?
    Poissons à chair blanche
    (daurade, bar, turbot, St. Pierre, Sole)
    Œufs de poisson
    Comment ?
    Cru
    Poissons à chair blanche
    (daurade, bar, turbot, St. Pierre, Sole)
    Œufs de poisson
    Cuit
    Rôti sans excès de coloration
    Poché et servis avec une mayonnaise
    vis avec une mayonnaise

    Inspirations

    Sea bass slow-cooked in olive oil, caviar, passion fruit and mango Béarnaise