GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Champagne Lombard
Region: Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France
Appellation: AOC Champagne
Type: Dry rosé sparkling wine
Vintage: Non vintage
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: Certified organic (since 2022)
Grapes used: 50% Chardonnay Premier Cru (from Grauves and Vertus) + 40% Pinot Noir Premier Cru (from Sermiers & Cumières) + 10% Pinot Noir Grand Cru (from Verzenay)
Vintage Blend: 0% of reserve wine
Winemaking details: rosé d’assemblage (blended rosé wine), 40% of the wine with no malolactic conversion
Aging: base red wine aged for 6-8 months under oak, 24 months of aging “on lattes”
Sugar level: low (extra-brut, 4g/liter of residual sugar)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = pink
- Intensity = pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Red cherry, lemon, citrus, Goji Berry, slight notes of ginger, biscuit, brioche
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = high
- Tannins = no
- Alcohol = medium (12%)
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Red cherry, lemon, citrus, Goji Berry, slight notes of ginger, biscuit, brioche
- Other =
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-7 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 38 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = great
- Comparison with same price competition = very good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable (4g/liter of residual sugar)
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Appetizer, seafood, fish plates, fish pasta, fish risotto, sushis, raw fish, grilled prawns, exotic cuisine, Parma ham, Bayonne ham, grilled salmon, Chaource cheese
- Comments = I really like the quality-price ratio offered by this wine, a good rosé champagne which offers a nice complexity and an appreciable length in the mouth. The blend is well controlled which gives a good overall balance to this wine.
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
