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Bereche et Fils, Champagne Reflet d'Antan, 2020 (1.5L)

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Bereche et Fils
$1,090.00
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Bereche's deepest cuvee, and the one with the longest memory: a perpetual reserve started in 1985 and kept alive ever since in 500- and 600-liter barrels, topped up each year with young wine and drawn from for bottling. It runs roughly a third each Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, and it is that accumulated reserve, not oak or dosage, that gives the dried-fruit, green-almond and honeyed depth. After blending it rests around three years on its lees before disgorgement, and like the family's other top cuvees it takes its second fermentation under cork rather than a crown cap. Reflet d'Antan means something like a reflection of times past, which is exactly what a perpetual reserve is. In magnum the development slows further, so open this at a table with people who will notice.

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More about Bereche et Fils

The great grower Champagnes that excite Champagne lovers these days tend to fall into a certain category, with low dosage, low sulphur, and a decidedly edgy vibe. We love them. But one grower has managed to gain worldwide fame—not to mention a cult-like obsession here in the U.S.—without going in that direction: Bérêche & Fils.

On paper, at least, everything about Bérêche is classical. This starts with history, as this is a domaine that was founded just before the U.S. Civil War. It continues with land. They don't farm some obscure corner of Champagne, but in its historic heart, with plots scattered around the Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de la Marne.

Traditional and classical, perhaps, and yet something sets it apart: sheer excellence. Raphaël and Vincent Bérêche's intense focus on high quality farming and precise work in the cellar is exactly the sort of hard work that was too often missing from the pre-grower Grand Marques. And it results in wines that people—no matter how geeky their Champagne tastes—just love.

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Perfect Pairings

Roast capon, lobster with brown butter, morel and cream sauces, aged Comte or Gruyere, or a mushroom risotto.

Tasting Profile

Dried fruit, green almond, honey and toasted grain with a savory, almost umami depth. Full bodied and layered, with a fine mousse, firm acidity and a chalky, faintly bitter finish.

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