Magnificent Abelé 1757 Champagnes
High-quality and delicious champagne from a small house for restaurants, wine bars and hotels. That’s Abelé, and you’ll find Abelé at Norex.
Abelé is a small but quite well-known champagne house in France. It was founded in 1757, making it one of the oldest champagne houses. This venerable house has a number of very high-profile clients including European courts, many embassies, the Élysée Palace, the French Senate and UNESCO.
Abelé has beautiful, old cellars and long-term contracts with growers mainly in the Montagne de Reims and Côte des Blancs regions. The house has accumulated significant expertise over time, and the entire champagne method has been developed in part in Abelé’s cellars as well.
The champagnes are produced in stainless steel tanks, and they all undergo malolactic fermentation. The cellar master is Etienne Eteneau, and the house style is full-bodied fruity, richly flavoured and long.
In 1985, Abelé was acquired by the Spanish Freixenet, which as a large sparkling wine producer wanted a window into Champagne as well. In 2019, Nicolas Feuillatte bought the house, which remains its own company with restaurants, hotels and wine bars as its special targets.
Learn more about the producer’s history here.
Trusted champagne for gastronomy
Abelé 1757 Champagne Brut Rosé
The blend of Abelé 1757 Brut Rosé is dominated by dark grapes: 40% Pinot Noir and 30% Meunier. The beautiful salmon-pink colour is created by adding red wine to the blend. The most amazing thing about this wine is the combination of elegance and rich, long flavour.
Not every rosé champagne should be served with warm chocolate fondant with raspberry sauce either, but Abelé 1757 Rosé is perfect for it.
The ideal aperitif is naturally also the rightful toast for romantic moments. It’s an excellent choice for gastronomy to accompany spicy dishes and as a surprising choice for desserts dominated by red fruits or berries.
The dry champagne is refreshingly acidic, elegantly berry-like, lightly toasted, ripe currant-like and balanced. Abelé Rosé is aged for at least three years, and a serving temperature of 9-12°C is a good choice.
Learn more about Abelé 1757 Champagne Brut Rosé here.
High-quality social wine
Abelé 1757 Champagne Brut
Abelé 1757 Brut is this champagne house’s standard champagne, with a quite classic blend, but Chardonnay-led with a 40% share. Pinot Noir 35% and Meunier give the blend structure. It includes 15% reserve wines. The ageing is classically long, at least 3 years in Abelé’s centuries-old cellars in Reims. Serve well chilled at 9-12°C. A lower temperature prevents the aroma from opening to its full glory.
The elegant aperitif is a delicious toast wine and of course a very high-quality social wine. It’s also good company for small savouries. The juicy acidity also makes it a good oyster and shellfish wine.
The bone-dry champagne is refreshingly acidic, citrusy, elegantly fruity, balanced and long. The long ageing gives its flavour a delicious creaminess as well.
Learn more about Abelé 1757 Champagne Brut here.
Long-aged and multifaceted
Abelé 1757 Champagne Blanc de Blancs
Abelé 1757 Brut Blanc de Blancs is, as its name suggests, a champagne made from white Chardonnay grapes. However, the grapes come from different plots in the Côte des Blancs region, which gives the champagne the necessary structure and diversity.
Abelé Blanc de Blancs ages in old cellars for at least three years, which gives the blend a pleasant creaminess. A serving temperature of 9-12°C is a good choice.
The perfect aperitif pairs wonderfully with seafood delicacies, and it’s especially suited to accompany oysters. Soft or semi-hard goat’s cheese is also a magnificent experience when enjoyed with this champagne.
The flavour is dry, crisply acidic, ripe citrusy, grapefruit-like, creamy, long and balanced.
Learn more about Abelé 1757 Brut Blanc de Blancs here.
