‘In Champagne we have a saying,’ says Gosset cellar master Odilon de Varine, ‘juillet fait le bouquet, août fait le moût,’ which translates roughly into English as ‘July makes the bouquet, August makes the flavour’.
‘The weather we had in July was fresh, with a wonderful August lasting until harvest. We knew straight away it was a vintage year,’ says de Varine.
Scroll down to see Tom Hewson’s tasting note and score for Champagne Gosset Celebris 2012
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Tasting note and score for Champagne Gosset Celebris 2012
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