2015 Andre Clouet Symphony Cap Leopard versus 2015 Dream Vintage

2015 Andre Clouet Symphony Cap Leopard 2015 versus Dream Vintage

Symphony Cap Leopard is a new range of champagne by Andre Clouet. Composed of 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay, grapes were sourced from Premier Cru and Grand Cru plots from Montagne de Reims. Content was fermented in old oak barrels and steel tanks, with 10 years on yeast. Dosage 4.8 g/L. The style of this new range of champagne is like a steady middle-aged gentleman with a firm grasp with his high-flying career, won’t deviate course nor jump ship to other lucrative attractions. Nose of ripe fruits along with flinty nose. Palate is firmly in a slightly aged ripe fruit territory, exhibiting the Pinot Noir characteristics very well. Meanwhile, Dream Vintage 2015 was made with 100% Chardonnay, it’s certainly very different style from Symphony Cap Leopard. Drinking side by side, Dream Vintage is like a fine young actor, occasionally exhibiting a lively and flirty character, and while the warmed up, it also showed off the matured and rich content, the evolution of the champagne is truly stunning, with different styles showing up at different drinking stages.