Champagne Valérie & Gaël Dupont « Eveil Blanc » Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature – Champagne

(Chardonnays harvested in 2020, from old vines of Vert-Toulon and Allemant) The champagne has a pale lemon yellow color with many fine bubbles. The nose is airy, mineral, even saline and iodized at the opening, and offers a tangy frame of citrus zest (yellow lemon, grapefruit). Aeration also reveals chalky and slightly bitter notes (pressed grapefruit, bergamot tea in the background), which are then complemented by a juicy and fresh fruitiness (green pear, green apple, tangy apricots), floral touches of hay, dried chamomile, as well as toasted bread, even bitter almond in the background. The palate offers delicate flavors on the attack, which become more lively in the middle of the mouth. First, there are hints of citrus fruits – yellow lemon, yellow lemon zest, grapefruit), then – a good bitterness of bergamot, as well as notes of green apple, chamomile and bitter almond in the background. The finish is persistent, sapid and complex, with a distinct touch of toasted bread, even toasted yeast that develops towards the chalky and saline minerality. A refined and airy champagne, with a beautiful mineral and tangy structure, perfect for an aperitif.