De Sousa Cuvee des Caudalies Blanc de Blancs

• Old Chardonnay Vines in Avize Grand cru
• Already delicious, ripe fruit and complex spicyness

Caudalies Blanc de Blancs is a Chardonnay Champagne from old vines. Unlike the vintage Caudalies, it contains half older reserve wines and in this case half wines from the 2020. The reserve wines do not come from specific vintages but are continuously removed and replaced, similar to the solera process for sherry. After three and a half years on the lees, this Caudalies has freshly opened vanilla spicy notes, a nice fullness and yellow fruit and lemon. After a few hours, it becomes fresher, more precise and more mineral. Aromatically, there is vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, rhubarb compote, peach and lemon again. Overall, there is a beautiful harmony between the mineral intensity of Avize, ripe fruit and complex spicy notes. It will improve considerably over the next three years. It is rated 89 (92) by Richard Juhlin.