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Champagne Savart with Caviste

Tasted November 19, 2014 by Vintomas with 239 views

Introduction

Swedish-French online wine merchant Caviste showed two-thirds of his most recent release of Champagne Savart, 2014 disgorgements, and two other wines from Savart.

Flight 1 (4 notes)

White - Sparkling
N.V. Savart Champagne Premier Cru l'Ouverture Brut France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
88 points
A fruity and apply nose with a lot of green apples and slightly flowery notes. Dry and rather firm on the palate but still fruity, with a lot of green apples, some citrus, mineral notes, medium bodied and fresh, quite good acidity, and noticeably minerally aftertaste. Rather young, but drinks well now, 88-89 p.
Disgorged October 2014. The base vintage is 2012 (50%), supplemented by 25% 2011 and 25% 2010.

L’Ouverture is less complex than L’Accomplie with its notes more focussed on green apples, but is very stylistically pure and fresh.
White - Sparkling
N.V. Savart Champagne Premier Cru L'Accomplie Extra Brut Vieilles Vignes France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
90 points
Nose with ripe and well-waxed green apples, slightly smoky, some flowery and perfumed notes. With time in the glass some oak notes also emerged. The palate is dry and firm, medium-bodied(+) with green apples, citrus, and a noticeable minerality, high acidity and an aftertaste with a noticeable mineral note. Young, but drinks well now, 89-90(+) p.

Disgorged October 2014. The base vintage is 2012 (70%), supplemented by 30% 2011.

Slightly more powerful and complex than the L’Ouverture, with a hint of oak notes that I didn’t notice first when the mousse dominated, but that could be felt when it had been allowed some time in the glass. It has more potential for development. Also here the green apples dominate, but there is also more citrus, and the minerality is definitely more prominent and gives some saline impression.
White - Sparkling
N.V. Savart Champagne Premier Cru L'Accomplie Extra Brut Vieilles Vignes France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
90 points
Rather powerful apply nose with green-apply notes, some peach and other "deeper/more mature" fruit notes, and slightly herbaceous. Dry palate, fruity, definitely noticeable minerality, green apples, high acidity, aftertaste with quite noticeable minerality. Rather young, drinks well now, 90 p.

This was from a magnum disgorged 2013, the base vintage is 2009. Compared to the current 75 cl release of L’Accomplie (base 2012), the main difference is the more ripe fruit notes here, which means that it more obviously says "Pinot Noir". I believe this is caused by the 2009 base vintage, which usually shows high ripeness but still excellent balance, rather than bottle size or a little extra time in the cellar.
Rosé - Sparkling
N.V. Savart Champagne Premier Cru Bulle de Rosé Brut France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
89 points
Nose with red berries, wild strawberries, red apples, flowery notes and elegance. With time in the glass some oak and fudge notes emerged. Dry and firm on the palate, fruit notes of wild strawberries, red apples and citrus, powerful minerality, high acidity, hint of spice notes, and an aftertaste with mineral, citrus and red apples. Still rather young in my opinion, but shows fine nuances, 89-90 p.
Disgorged 2012. 60% from the 2009 vintage and 40% from the 2008 vintage.
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