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Pommery Cuvee Louise 2002 75cl
Pommery Cuvee Louise 2002 75cl

Pommery Cuvee Louise 2002 75cl

Pommery Cuvee Louise 2002 75cl

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    Overview

    Pommery Cuvee Louise 2002 75cl

     
    Created as a tribute to Louise Pommery, Cuvée Louise is an absolutely pure wine which quintessentially conveys the wine-making expertise of the Pommery Champagne house.
      
    Cuvée Louise is both poetic and timeless, since it displays extreme refinement that combines beauty with the utmost in quality. Great craftsmanship goes into making Cuvée Louise. It is appreciated by connoisseurs around the world.
     
    Tasting Notes:
    A mere glance at this very glass gives a sense of the wine's delicacy, so subtle is its colour, with its shades of yellow interspersed with brilliant green reflections - a distinguished backdrop to its effervescence. Its bubbles rise to the surface like a stream of diamonds which on reaching the surface vanish as if by magic to make way for others just pleading for the chance to display their beauty.
     
    Put this glass under your nose and you will enter into communion with this wine, and with every one of its magnificent life experiences. It offers everything you might hope for in terms of aromatic delicacy. Its perfect minerality makes it a noble wine of real integrity. This minerality is accompanied by citrusy notes of lemon and grapefruit, enhanced by a gentle touch of glorious white peach. This showcases delicate small red fruits such as redcurrant which leave a fresh and delicate sensation of fruit.
     
    On the palate, everything that was promised on the nose is delivered in no small measure giving this wine an appealing elegance which is hard to let go, as it captivates you in its enchanting spell. It is the very epitome of sensuality and natural elegance, devoid of all frills, straight as a die.
     
    You will surrender your soul to this fruit that the vine has gifted us so that we may transform it into a heavenly product of which Madame  Pommery would have been more than proud.
     
    Let us give in to temptation, as the journey makes this more than worthwhile.
       
    Unique Plots:
    Avize, Cramant and Ay. Cuvée Louise originates in the vineyards of Avize, Cramant and Ay, three "Grands Crus" areas that are jewels in the crown of the Champagne region.
     
    The listed and sign-posted Cuvée Louise estates receive regular attention throughout the year. The Avize and Cramant  Chardonnay grape and Ay Pinot Noir grape have particularly high sugar content.
     
    200 dedicated pickers, most of them with years of experience, are able to assess the best grapes at a glance.
     
    Thierry Gasco's Expertise:
    Pressing is performed in a traditional square press close to the vineyards so that the grapes arrive with their properties intact. To ensure that the juices are absolutely pure, for each marc of 4,000 kg only 1,800 litres of juice are selected instead of the authorised 2,550 litres. Pommery is the only Champagne house to have such standards in place.
     
    Cuvée Louise is a vintage wine that reflects a single exceptional year. Thierry Gasco, Pommery's Cellar Master, only decides to produce Cuvée Louise when the year's harvest is worthy of this great wine. After blending which combines the purity and richness of aromas, the wine begins a period of 6 to 8 years of ageing in our constantly cool chalk cellars.
     
    Respecting the Wine's Character:
    Finally, a dosage is added. This dosage comprises Avize vintages to fully preserve the wine's character. Pommery ensures that each bottle of Cuvée Louise is stored in a cellar for a further six months to restore the champagne's natural balance. 
     
    Background Information :
    Madame Pommery created the first successfully marketed Brut Champagne 'Pommery Nature 1874' at a time when most Champagnes were excessively sweetened by sugar. This set the benchmark for the rest of Champagne and it is in this spirit that the style of Pommery endures; with each unique cuvée displaying elegance, finesse and true class.
     
    Today, all of the wines are expertly crafted by Chef de Cave, Thierry Gasco - the 9th Cellar Master at Pommery.
     
    Pommery boasts some of the finest cellars in Reims, with over 18 kilometres of galleries hollowed out of chalk. Residing some 30 metres under the ground, these keep the maturing wine at a steady 10°c throughout the year. Pommery has continually been a generous patron of the arts and upholds this responsibility today, using the building as a venue to exhibit exciting contemporary art.

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