Thomas Perseval: Art'Terre 2020

Thomas Perseval: Art'Terre 2020

The Cuvée

Thomas Perseval produces champagne as a third-generation winemaker on about 2.5 hectares in Chamery, a Premier Cru village in the Montagne de Reims, organically certified and following biodynamic principles. The Art'Terre is his terroir calling card: an assemblage of about 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Meunier and 20% Chardonnay from Chamery parcels on clay-limestone and sand-limestone soils, fermented in barrel, aged long on lees, disgorged à la volée and bottled without dosage.

Art'Terre 2020

Thomas Perseval | Brut Nature | Vintage 2020

After I recently had an amazing Hamshuka at a restaurant but unfortunately there was no champagne available there, today at home it was: Hamshuka and spicy eggplant-tomato salad.

For this I opened the Art'Terre 2020 from Thomas Perseval, which I received yesterday in the champagne package.

A wine that already brings a lot of personality to the table, and which today definitively showed how brilliantly champagne can work as a food pairing.

The homemade hummus (fluffy, creamy, just as it should be) and the fine mousse of the champagne, that was already a match in itself. And then those slightly oxidative notes of the Art'Terre: warm, spicy, a bit wild, exactly the point where everything came together perfectly.

With the roasted aromas of the eggplant, the lime, the tomato paste and the spices (Baharat, chili, ginger) it completely came alive. Nothing overlapped, everything meshed together.

Food and champagne were equally complex, but compatibly complex.

The Art'Terre is one of those champagnes that don't accompany the food, but expand it.

Tasting Notes

A champagne with lots of personality and slightly oxidative notes, warm, spicy and a bit wild. The fine mousse harmonizes perfectly with complex dishes.

Details

Producer Thomas Perseval
Cuvée Art'Terre 2020
Vintage 2020
Category Brut Nature
Grape Varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
Terroir Chamery, Premier Cru, Montagne de Reims
Style Brut Nature, Brut, Grower Champagne
Highlights oxidative, spicy, purist, food-friendly
Pairs with Levantine cuisine, game dishes

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