Alice et Quentin Beaufort

is a domaine created in 2007.

Burgundy: it all started when Alice and Quentin Beaufort took over a vineyard at Prusly sur Ource, in Cote d'Or, in Bourgogne. The terroir there, only a few miles from Champagne, is particularly suited for Pinot Noir and the climatic conditions of Prusly recall those of Polisy, a little village in Champagne-Ardenne, in the north east of France.

Champagne: Quentin Beaufort‘s Champagne is timeless. A composer of wine, able to make difficult things pleasant, Quentin Beaufort is an emerging artist, reminding the great unappreciated and his winery is located in Polisy, in the Aube department.

Terroirs:
Burgundy: rich of clay and limestone. Marine soils
Champagne: clay and limestone

Grape varieties:
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Age:  
Burgundy: vineyards planted between 1996 and 2003
Champagne:

  • Pinot Noir: 1972
  • Pinot Noir: 1992
  • Chardonnay: 2003-2004-2020

Area: 
Burgundy:
a distinc ventilation and organic properties characterize the middle land between Burgundy and Champagne. The vineyards there are exposed to east, south, south-west both in Burgundy and in Burgundy Reserve, and south-east in le Petit Beaufort. The land is very beautiful and quiet, geologically renowned and far from the public eye.
Champagne: the area, with its south-east facing hills and good ventilation, is particularly suitable for wine-growing, protected as it is by the warmth of the sun at the end of the day. Le Jardinot and Saint Firmin are plots in Policy, close to Cote d'Ore and Chablis.

Classification:

  • AOP Champagne
  • Vin effervescent

Target:
the main concern of the domaine is both to rediscover the aura of taste, moving up the idea of the industrial product, and to nourish the land with sincere passion respecting the course of nature and painting wines that taste of sea.

Descriptions

Bourgogne

Evaluation:

Fine and integrated bubbles. Soft and lively wines. Silky and audacious.
From the brackish notes to the leaves of blueberries, Pinot Noir recalls the terroir with marine notes of shells and iodine.
Recognizable thanks to their uniqueness.

  • Chardonnay: elegant and mineral
  • Pinot Noir: noble personality, refined and inviting.

Common notes:
perfectly digestible. From rusticity to finesse, from fatness to sapidity, a distinct Chardonnay that speaks the language of Beaufort: respect for nature, no chemicals.
Peolple drink these wines with joy and pleasure.

Pairings:
Bubbles: with shrimp and olives along with the Brut version.
Raw fish,raw amberjack and white meat such as lamb with Millésime.
Demi-sec with chocolate cake
Rosé: oysters, salmon, tuna

 

Champagne:

Evaluations:
saline wines, delicately fatty and elegant. Versatile, pleasing to drink and of fine-making. They evoke the simplicity of a taste that seems lost.

  • Pinot Noir: a noble wine, with genuine and sensual fruity notes. Generous, a wine that gives voice to the terroir, a wine that interprets it, a wine able of creating intense emotions, really unique, and ultimately a wine able of transporting the soul in the wide world of imagination.
  • Chardonnay: fresh fruit and acidity. Excellent evolution.

Common notes:
the artistic brushes, equal only to themselves. The composer now, no longer unappreciated, is recognaizable.

Matching:

  • raw and cooked starters of crustaceans and fish in general, from raw crab claws to oysters;
  • pasta dishes such as pasta with sardines.

Le Petit Beaufort Extra Brut

Vintage 2019

70% Pinot Blanc – 30% Pinot Noir  - 5 g/l
Hill in optimal micro and macro climatic conditions. Marl and clay
Dégorgement à la volée

Unique. It is a wine with a diistinct elegance, refined personality, complete and engaging. Pastry and pine nuts, raisins. Savory, vibrant and mineral. Well integrated bubbles. It expresses the creative identity of the maison.

It is ideal for jovial events and for reviving evenings. Excellent with baked lamb.

Vin effervescent

Le Petit Beaufort Brut Rosé

Vintage 2017

100% Pinot Noir  100% - 5 g/l

Vine: Pothières, La Grande Charme
Exposure:south-east-south. Hill from 230 m to 270 m asl. Clay and limestone soil.
The Plateau of Langres is located in front of the plain. Northern climate. One of the coolest places in France hence a vegetative delay is expected.
Dégorgement à la volée

Persistent and fine perlage. Intense. Flavors of Apulian bread crust and Chaource cheese. Violet petals, daisy flower head, walnut. Foxy sensations are intertwined with earthly notes. Perceptions of whole salt rich in iodine. Lively, silky salivation, horizontal and straight. To the nose it appears clear, in perfect harmony with taste. Able to create pleasant and relaxing moments. Good persistence, aromatic and mineral.

Pasta with tomato sauce, but also with seafood spaghetti.

Vin effervescent

Le Petit Beaufort Brut

Vintage 2015

100% Pinot Noir  -  8 g/l

Pothières, The Great Charm
Exposure: south east-south. Hill from 230 m to 270 m asl. Clay-calcareous soil.
Langres Plateau is located in front of the plain. Northern climate. One of the coolest places in France hence a vegetative delay is expected.
Dégorgement à la volée

Unique. Inviting, desirable. With a strong and solitary character, it has beautiful structure and personality. Fresh, a bit continental, it releases soft sensations. A clear saline presence, salty pistachio, crème brûlé, kaki. Citron jam and blond tobacco. It expresses the identity of the maison.

To be served cold, it goes well with raw seafood, main courses of fish and lamb. Every wine has its time, and he now enters the scene.

Vin effervescent

Le Petit Beaufort Brut Rèserve

Vintage Cuvée 2014/2015

80%Pinot Noir 20%Chardonnay

Pothières, La Grande Charme
Exposure: south-east, south. Hill from 230 m to 270 m asl. Clay and limestone soil
Langres Plateau is located in front of the plain. Northern climate. One of the coolest places in France hence a  vegetative delay is expected. Dégorgement à la volèe.

It is a wine that everyone will appreciate and drink in a jiff.

Raw amberjack, granceola, scampi, swordfish and the show must go on. To be tried with vinegar salami

 

Vin effervescent

Le Petit Beaufort Demi-sec Rèserve

Vintage 2019

80%Pinot Noir  - 20%Chardonnay - 40g/l

Pothières, La Grande Charme
Exposure: south-east, south. Hill from 230 m to 270 m asl. Clay and limestone soil
Langres Plateau is located in front of the plain. Northern climate. One of the coolest places in France hence a vegetative  delay is expected.
Dégorgement à la volèe.

It recalls oceanic freshness and salinity. Intense fruity notes and of Williams pears, aromatic herbs and moss. Of subtle sweetness and great progression, it is a wine to accompany the whole meal.

Chocolate cake.

Vin effervescent

Alice Beaufort Brut

Vintage 2014

50% Pinot noir - 50% Chardonnay - 5 g/l – 72 months on lees

Exposure of the vineyard: south west and south east. Clay and limestone soil. Dégorgement à la volée

Pale pink colour, fine and persistent perlage.

The effervescence is well amalgamated with the body of the wine in perfect Beaufort style.

The bouquet is intense and complex.The excellence of the  wine  reveals itself in a style which is unique , singular and of recognizable identity shifting from fruity and floral scents to toasted and foxy notes. Mineral perceptions of iodine.

On the palate the sip is firm, largely fresh and savory. It is a wine with an intense, persistent and fine taste.

Vin effervescent

Le Petit Beaufort Grande Réserve Brut Rosé

Vintage 2011

90 % Pinot noir/10 % Chardonnay - 5 g/l

124 mois sur lie

Vineyard: Pothières, La Grande Charme

Exposure: south east-south. Hill from 230 m to 270 m above sea level. Clay and limestone soil.

The Plateau of Langres is located in front of the plain. Northern climate. One of the coolest places in France hence a vegetative  delay is expected.

Dégorgement à la volée

Strawberry pink colour, with salmonate nuances. Lively, fine, delicate perlage. Olfactory intensity with a wide range of aromas. Fruity raspberry, grapefruit and red orange, yellow plum. Floral honeysuckle and lime, sourdough notes. Net the classic foxy sensation.

Mouthfeel  firm and mineral. The acidity gives freshness to the body of Pinot Noir, while the flavor is endless. Spectacular persistence for a wine that does not disappoint expectations.

AOP Champagne

Champagne Quentin Beaufort

Vintage 2017

100% Pinot noir - More than 36 months sur lies - 4g/l

Dégorgement à la volée
Blanc de Noirs - Brut

Fine and elegant aromas. Fossils and stalactites. Small red fruits, 75% extra dark chocolate. Salty green pistachio, cream brûlé and cedar zest. Noble and firm, vertical sip. Fine, delicate and well integrated bubbles. Saline. Vibrant, great and surprising. Feshness continental, indissoluble. Freshly picked red fruits like strawberries. Ample and enveloping. Desirable with fruity and mineral hints, puff pastry and pine nuts. Excellent finish, perfect balance, harmonious. Long, strong and suggestive of a graceful complexity. It is a long-lived and recognizable wine.

Taste and feel the charm of Champagne. Some advice? Oysters, crab claws and anchovies. Pasta with sardines, but also chicken and duck breast.

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