Some things in life are better than others and there is no greater pleasure than drinking champagne with friends. There was much to celebrate, an anniversary, an impending wedding, a visa and a welcome to the house so what else could we do but get glammed up and head on out to drink some bubbles.
Gosset have their caves in the small village of Ay just outside Epernay and they are the oldest wine house in Champagne having been set up in 1584. The house style is fresh and crisp with them avoiding malolactic fermentation and the richer, softer, creamier flavours that brings.
The Excellence Brut is a blend of 45% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay and 19% Pinot Meunier. Visually the bottle is beautiful and the first glass is as tightly constructed with tiny fast moving bubbles forming a neat fine beading on the rim. The nose has baked apples, lemon, toasty notes which follow through on to the palate.
There are hints of development with savoury notes coming through alongside hints of vanilla, stone fruit and strawberry. With a creamy mouthfeel the Gosset is really well put together and has an incredibly pleasant and stylish finish.
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