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Cuvee des Caudalies 2010 De Sousa
Vendor code : 143
De Sousa is especially popular among wine experts and connoisseurs. The De Sousa family is a pioneer of organic and biodynamic methods in the Champagne region. De Sousa are advocates of barrel fermentation and sell most of their production to Japan and the Netherlands. The age of the vines varies from 50 to 70 years, which in turn reduces the yield, but increases the concentration of wines.
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100% oak barrels vinification. Average age of vines: more than 60 years. Terroir : Cote des Blancs en Grand cru. Champagne shows a complex, expressive and mineral aroma that dominates the ripe, but very delicate fruit. The palate is delicate, fresh, refined and charming, leaving an excitingly salty purity and intense minerality on the palate.
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Wine Advocate
Stephan Reinhardt: "The 2010 Cuvée des Caudalies Grand Cru Extra Brut shows a very clear, complex, expressive and highly mineral (or chalky) nose that dominates the ripe and concentrated yet very delicate fruit (100% old vines Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs) and gives this cuvée its unique expression. Intense, round and fruity on the palate, this is a highly finessed and elegant yet persistent and mineral Caudalies that reveals great purity, finesse and freshness on the finish. This is not powerful at all but is delicate, fresh, refined and charming, leaving the palate with a stimulatingly salty purity and tensioned minerality. This is a great, highly charming and seductive Blanc de Blancs that was bottled in July 2011 and disgorged in January 2017 with a dosage of four grams per liter. Tasted in Reims, April 2018".
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