Gamet

Rive Gauche | Bottle 75cl

Description

Gamet's cuvée Rive Gauche is a champagne that combines richness and delicacy with great freshness. It is a more complex cuvée than its Rive Droite counterpart.

This cuvée is made from Gamet's own vineyards on the Left Bank of the Marne, in the Mardeuil terroir. The soil is essentially clay, which brings out the aromatic expression, but also chalk and flint, which produce grapes with a beautiful minerality.

The Rive Gauche Gamet cuvée is an almost equal blend of the 3 Champagne grape varieties (Pinot Meunier 35%, Pinot Noir 35%, Chardonnay 30%). The wines are aged in stainless steel vats, and a small proportion in oak barrels. Ageing in two different containers adds complexity to the blend. Rive Gauche spends a minimum of two years in the house cellars to develop its aromatic palette, before being offered for tasting.

This champagne is golden in color, with fine, lively bubbles.

On the nose, Rive Gauche's first notes are rich and greedy, evoking ripe fruit as well as pastries. It's a flattering nose that invites you to discover the mouth.

On the palate, Rive Gauche begins with a delicate attack, not lacking in tension despite the greediness discovered on the nose. On the mid-palate, the wine becomes rounder and more charming, revealing notes of small spices and ripe yellow fruit. The finish is marked by fine bitters, making this a particularly pleasant cuvée to drink.

Rive Gauche can be served as an aperitif, with appetizers, or with the start of a meal.