LA LETTRE du cha mpagne dr appier AUTUMN-WINTER 2024 N° 6 6 THE TASTE OF CHAMPAGNE OVER TIME C hampagne has a taste all pewter goblets that were less fragile strongly discouraged. of its own. It is born from but much more expensive. The latter the soil, a...
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LA LETTRE du cha mpagne dr appier AUTUMN-WINTER 2024 N° 6 6 THE TASTE OF CHAMPAGNE OVER TIME C hampagne has a taste all pewter goblets that were less fragile strongly discouraged. of its own. It is born from but much more expensive. The latter the soil, a climate and the had the drawback of giving a slight It was in the 17th century, under the winemaker who crafts it. metallic flavour far removed from the reign of Louis the 14th, that wine Here the term winemaker is used to original fruit, but given that only no- acquired its letters of nobility. The refer to a person who makes wine blemen and wealthy merchants could barrels were improved with the finest while the Latin origin of the word, afford such glasses, the pewter flavour French oak and bottles began to be Vinitorius, refers to the same person was considered to be a sign of luxury. used to transport and store the cham- who grows the wine and who makes it. Today it is considered to be a serious pagne, but they were too fragile to
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