Champagne Paul Goerg Brut Tradition Premier Cru, gift box
Tasting Notes
Champagne pale golden color with olive reflections.
The taste of champagne balanced, rounded, persistent, with soft bubbles and slightly spicy aftertaste.
The aroma of champagne with exotic shades of white flowers, hints of sweet bread, honey, lime and canned fruit.
Champagne great as an aperitif, goes well with white meat and poultry, seafood.
Interesting Facts
Champagne "Brut Tradition Premier Cru" - is a high-end wine, a subtle blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and 50% of reserve wines. Hachette wine guide written in 2008 about champagne Brut Tradition Premier Cru: "it offers a good compromise between power and finesse." In 2003, the same publication awarded drink "seal of approval". Champagne won three gold medals - at the Concours Mondial 2009 in Brussels, International Wine Challenge 2001 and Viteff Concours de la propriete 1999; two bronze - at the International Wine Challenge in Bordeaux in 1999 and the Concours Generale Agricole 1990; two Grand Prix d'Excellence - oenologist at Vinalies award in 2001 and 1993.
Paul Goerg (1820-1893), born in Vertus in the Champagne region, was an extraordinary personality and a very active and energetic person. He loved his region - Côte de Blancs - and many engaged in social activities. Paul Goerg was a member of the city council, and then for many years mayor of Vertus, was awarded the Palme d'Or of academics and the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor for his fruitful work in the Regional Council. Love for his native land, and he took over winemaking from his father - the broker's largest champagne houses. Paul himself in his youth worked as a broker and gained invaluable experience in the production of champagne. His knowledge he gladly shared with winemakers Vertus, wanting to raise the production of champagne at the highest level. In gratitude for this, one of the most well-known manufacturers of sparkling wines and French champagne itself bears his name.
In 1950, to preserve the terroir and outstanding production of champagne, a group of wine-growers of the commune founded Vertus House Paul Goerg, which owns a total of 120 hectares of vineyards - mostly Premier Cru and Grand Cru. Due to the high quality of the produced wine, Paul Goerg today occupies a privileged place among manufacturers. In 2003, Paul Goerg House took 4 th place among the producers on the basis of 93 tasting of sparkling wines.
The production process of champagne from the House of Fields Goerga - a well-established and verified technology for years. Grapes harvested for wine, the same day comes to compression. The resulting pure juice is distributed over the vats with a strictly controlled temperature. At the first stage fermentation of grape sugar is converted into alcohol. In order to reduce the acidity level, applies the second - malolactic - fermentation in which malic acid is converted to lactic acid by using lactic bacteria. During the winter, the wine remains on the lees. In the spring, after assembly, the wine is bottled and placed in the cellar, where he spent several years in a horizontal position. Champagne "Brut Tradition Premier Cru" is maintained for at least three years. During the bottling of the wine added sugar and yeast. The precipitate from yeast after a few years of aging is removed manually.