Wine: Growing connoisseurs
april 20,2011
With an annual output of around only 150,000 bottles, Champagne Dumangin is probably not on your wine radar. It’s not exactly in your face, clamouring for attention. Not yet.
Gilles Dumangin, fifth-generation owner of the boutique “Elaborateurs de Champagne”, has just visited our shores and is keen for New Zealanders to embrace his fine product.
And fine it is, especially if you prefer a drier, less sugary champagne style.
Dumangin’s great-great-grandfather Hippolyte kicked it all off in 1890 and began blending grapes and reserve wines to create a fruity perfectly balanced cuvee.
The total number of hectares for their own vines is just 5.6, but as Dumangin says, “I’m still a grower, I don’t buy wines, I buy grapes from growers whom we have worked with for almost two decades.”
Dumangin has a clear focus of who his clients are likely to be.
“We’re so small, we concentrate on mature markets and are looking to grow the new fine wine connoisseur.”
He’s also a realist. “Although I prefer my wines dry, I need to make sweeter wines for most of my customers, but the best champagne for me is the one with the least sugar.”
Dumangin says his philosophy is to design champagne for a variety of palates and export accordingly. For example, in the United States the champagne is made in a very sweet style, more than double that preferred by drinkers in Norway or Japan.
In terms of sweetness where do New Zealanders sit? “They tend to be in the middle,” says Dumangin.
He’s probably right, but having tried nine of the champagnes I found myself attracted to the “zero dosage”, bitingly drier styles, although I suspect that I would be in the minority.
And a word of caution. “Neon lights are the enemy of champagne,” says Dumangin. “Champagne gets attracted by light.”
Which will explain why Dumangin’s clear bottles come with a protective dark cloth wrapper.
Dumangin Premier Cru Brut Rose NV, $85-$95
A very pale salmon colour with a clean, dry finish. The producer’s best-selling wine and 50 per cent of total production. A blend of chardonnay and pinot noir with a dash of pinot meunier, it is a very classy drink.
Dumangin Premier Cru Vintage 2003, usually around $120, introductory price of $99
From a vintage bursting with flavour this is drinking well now but will continue to develop. It is light, bright and fruity, a classic. It is 54 per cent chardonnay, 46 per cent pinot noir.
By John Hawkesby
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10718795
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An excellent wine list is not just about 1st growth and cult Cabernet but a seemingly unending selection of affordable aged vintage wines that are not available anywhere else, not even in the best wine shops around town. Yats Restaurant has just that.
Visitors to Clark Philippines and Angeles City no longer suffer from lack of choices for places to eat out or wine and dine. Clark Philippines reviewed over 50 establishments and came up with three top choices in guide to best restaurant in Clark Freeport
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Topping the list is the famous fine-dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar located inside Mimosa Leisure Estate of Philippines Clark Freeport.
This restaurant in Pampanga Philippines is highly recommended by food critics and frequent diners in Manila as a place to wine and dine in Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Although it is a famous fine dining restaurant with an award winning 3000-line restaurant wine list, Yats Restaurant is also a popular restaurant for family with children. Aside from French Mediterranean haute cuisine, this restaurant also serves healthy food and the best vegetarian cuisines in the Philippines.
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