Champagne Armand de Brignac Brut Gold NV in wooden box "Ace of Spades"

Wine information: Armand de Brignac Champagne exemplifies unmatched winemaking expertise and a true passion for the art of Champagne. It has been rated the Number 1 Champagne in the World in a blind-tasting of 1,000 brands, scored 98 points by Jose Penin (the highest-ever rating for a Champagne) and praised by Jancis Robinson, among many others. Produced by the Cattier family, owners of Champagne vineyards since 1763 it is crafted entirely by hand by a staff of just eight people, overseen by father-and-son oenologists Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Cattier. Armand de Brignac is made exclusively from Premier Cru and Grand Cru grapes from the Montagne de Reims, Cote des Blancs, and Vallee de la Marne terriors in the cradle of Champagne’s Marne department. Each of the cuvees is a blend of three outstanding vintage years. Armand de Brignac bottles are aged in a gated section of Champagne Cattier’s cellars, which are amongst the deepest in Champagne at more than 30 meters underground. Remuage (riddling) is done by hand on traditional wooden racks, taking 30-45 days. After remuage and degorgement, the bottles are aged at least 6 additional months before release. Each cuvee includes a special liqueur de dosage aged nine months in oak casks from Burgundy. The Brut Gold NV is a blend of 40% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir and 20% Pinot Meunier. This wine is also known as the Ace of Spades Champagne.

Tasting Notes: Champagne Armand de Brignac Brut Gold "Ace of Spades" NV is complex and fullbodied, with light floral notes, a racy fruit character, and subtle brioche accents on the palate. Lovely density and depth tight bead, creamy texture, and long finish. A complex yet sharply focused brut.

Reviews: “(I) shared a golden bottle, in the most extraordinarily lavish black lacquer box…with some (friends) last weekend.   Now of course this is not the same as tasting a wine blind, but I have to say that I was pretty impressed.  Armand de Brignac Brut Gold is extremely dense with a very stimulatingly tight bead.  It’s tense and refreshing with scents in the floral / vegetation spectrum followed by real precision on the palate.  I opened a bottle of one of my current favourite vintage champagnes, Pol Roger 1999 afterwards and the Pol looked a bit diffuse and ordinary.” Jancis Robinson's from her Purple Pages.

 
     

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