Champagne André Clouet Grande Réserve Grand Cru
Champagne André Clouet Grande Réserve Grand Cru, made from Pinot noir grapes from various plots classified as Grand Cru. It is aged for 36 months in cellars at a depth of 10 metres. It is a fine and elegant champagne, recommended to accompany any meal.
Winery: Compañía de vinos Telmo Rodríguez
Tasting note for Champagne André Clouet Grande Réserve Grand Cru:
Golden color with bright flashes.
Citrus notes on the nose with hints of ripe fruit typical of Pinot Noir.
The palate is creamy with fine and elegant bubbles. A long and persistent finish can be appreciated.
Optimum service temperature: 6°-8° C.
A pairing: Ostras a la brasa.
Ingredients: Oysters, chopsticks, bacon, hot sauce.
Elaboration:
- Open the oysters, remove them from their shells and wrap each one with a slice of bacon.
- Insert them in a toothpick and make skewers.
- Reserve the liquid.
- In a grill with strong embers, grill them quickly so that the bacon browns.
- Drizzle with their own juices and a drop of hot sauce.
- Serve the grilled oysters with slices of toasted bread and butter.
Enjoy!
In 1994, Pablo Eguzkiza and Telmo Rodriguez together with a third winemaker made a wine from Garnacho, from old vineyards in the Navarre glass. The wine was called Alma. This is the start of the project, which in its origins was called La Granja Wine Company. A name that was all a declaration of intentions: it was clear that the company would make more wines and that there was a tribute to La Granja, the famous glass factory, witness of an exceptional Spanish craftsmanship, now almost disappeared.
Since its inception, the fundamental argument of the Telmo Rodriguez Wine Company is the use only of autochthonous varieties of original zones. This philosophy contrasts then with the boom of the implantation of foreign varieties, practically in all the Spanish vineyard.
Another initiative to which the project wants to pay special attention, also from its origins, is the recovery of forgotten vineyards.