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Laurent Perrier, Harmony Demi-Sec NV
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Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Josh Raynolds
Green-gold. Delicate spices, honeyed apple and orange on the nose. Fine and brisk for a demi-sec, with clean, spice-tinged apple and pear flavors and medium weight. This is carrying 45 grams per liter of residual sugar but I'd never have guessed it. Finishes with good lift and length. Try this with fresh goat cheeses.
Reviewed by: Josh Raynolds
(lot #73R273884 on the bottle) Medium gold color. Rich and very ripe on the nose, with apple pastry, marzipan, poached pear and exotic pineapple notes. Fat and round, showing a sweet, almost oily orchard fruit and praline flavor profile. The sweet honeyed and candied nut flavors carry through the finish.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Pale, healthy color. Bright, nuanced aromas of citrus fruits, minerals and vanilla. A soft, moderately sweet fruit bomb of a Champagne, with pear, apple, peach and pineapple flavors nicely shaped by harmonious acidity. Finishes chewy and persistent. I'm not usually a fan of off-dry Champagne, but this is clean and lively.
About the Producer
Laurent-Perrier was founded in 1812 by André Michel but it was his cellar master Eugene Laurent, who ran it with his wife, Mathilde Emilie Perrier. After Eugene's death in 1887, Mathilde combined the 2 names and Laurent-Perrier was born. Post First World War I, Laurent-Perrier was very sucessful producing around 50,000 cases of Champagne unfortunatley when war broke out the business was hit hard. Mathilde hired Alexander Fletcher Keith Mackenzie to introduce and market Laurent-Perrier in the UK. In 1925 Mathilde died leaving the company to her daughter Eugenie. With another war looking likely Eugenie sold the company in 1939 to Mary-Louise Lanson de Nonancourt In 1948 it was Mary-Louise's son Bernard who took over the reigns becoming Laurent-Perrier's Chairman and Chief Executive, he remained and important part of the buiness until his death in 2010.
