NV La Loge Lieu Dit Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut
Pierre Gerbais, Côte des Bar, Champagne, France
A pioneer of Champagne made from the grape known locally as Pinot Blanc Vrai.
- Pinot Blanc, known locally as Pinot Blanc Vrai, from the La Loge plateau.
- Old vines on south-facing Kimmeridgian limestone, propagated by selection massale.
- Perpetual reserve from 2011, 36 months on lees, Extra Brut at 3 g/l.
- Grape
- 100% Pinot Blanc
- Lieu-dit
- La Loge, Celles-sur-Ource
- Vine age
- About 80 years
- Soil
- Kimmeridgian marl and limestone, south-facing plateau
- Farming
- Ampelos since 1996, HVE; selection massale
- Reserve
- Perpetual reserve from 2011
- Bottle ageing
- 36 months
- Dosage
- Extra Brut, 3 g/l
Winemaking
Picked by hand and vinified exclusively in tank. Light settling, natural alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation, then ten months on lees. No fining or filtering. Thirty-six months in bottle, disgorged six months before release.
Critics
- The Wine Advocate: 93 points
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.