Champagne De Sousa - Brut Tradition

Name: Champagne De Sousa - Brut Tradition
Brand: Champagne De Sousa
Rating: 3.9 (19 reviews)

Champagne|Sparkling wine|Organic

Champagne

Effervescent

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Drink or Keep

3.9/5 (19 customers)

95/100

Gault & Millau

92/100

Bettane & Desseauve

floral

elegant

refined

delicate

biodynamics

"A well-structured Champagne that will be the perfect accompaniment to your festive meals!

"Cooked fruits (peach, apricot, pear) bring their slightly sweet sweetness, while toasty notes add density. Freshness asserts itself on the palate with sparkling substance. The bubbles support a very round, greedy, unctuous texture. The finish is long and persistent, with a lovely freshness and salivating bitters". (Le Guide Gault & Millau).

Features

Estate

Champagne De Sousa

Cuvée

Brut Tradition

Designation

Champagne

Region

Champagne

Grape varieties

50% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, 10% Pinot Meunier

Terroirs

Clay and chalk soils, Marne valley, Côte des Blancs, Epernay region

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Traditional Champagne method, temperature-controlled fermentation at 18°C, 40% reserve wine

Breeding

In vats, no filtration or fining

Alcohol content

12,5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Clear, brilliant color with light green highlights, fine, abundant mousse with small bubbles.

Nose

Fine and floral, with a touch of mimosa followed by citrus and ripe pear, expressive and powerful with a certain finesse.

Mouth

Clean attack, fairly lively freshness well-balanced by a warm impression of honey, pleasant finish.

Serve

AT 10-12°C

Drink before

2028

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy as an aperitif, with seafood, sushi, white meats, fish...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (guide 2024) 92/100

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

Érick de Sousa is a highly talented winemaker, who has been working on the family estate since 1986, ten hectares in the Côte des Blancs region that have been biodynamically farmed for over twenty years. Uncompromising and meticulous, he forges a range of scintillating wines with pure, nuanced expression, playing on the terroirs of Avize, Cramant, Oger and Le Mesnil, planted with chardonnay, some pinot noir from Aÿ and Ambonnay, and a little meunier. The result is a very wide range of champagnes, different in approach but with a family link in smooth texture and aromatic originality, enhanced by very fine wood ageing. From this point of view, cuvée 3A is representative of this irresistible slide, as is the remarkable cuvée mycorhize, not forgetting cuvée caudalie, which over the years has become inseparable from the house and its standard-bearer. As for the vintage, the 2008 holds its own, while the 2010 surprises with its fresh balance in a year reputed to be supple. If the nose can sometimes surprise, it's on the palate that we discover the stylistic charm of this house with an established reputation.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

Rated 95/100

About the wine:

Cooked fruits (peach, apricot, pear) bring their slightly sweet sweetness, while toasty notes add density. Freshness asserts itself on the palate in a sparkling texture. The bubbles support a very round, greedy, unctuous texture. The finish is long and persistent, with a lovely freshness and salivating bitters.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

About the domain :

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the domain :

The estate, run by the new generation, brilliantly perpetuates the work done by the late Eric de Sousa. Charlotte is in charge of sales, Julie is in charge of the vines and the horses, and Valentin is in charge of the cellar. The estate comprises 14 hectares of vines, mainly Chardonnays from the Avize Grand Cru, as well as Pinot Noir from the Aÿ and Ambonnay Grands Crus. Certified organic in 2010 and biodynamic in 2013, the estate also boasts vines of advanced age. The controlled management of ageing in wood underlines the magnificent substance of the wines.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.9/5

out of 19 reviews