NV Les Grandes Côtes Lieu Dit Blanc de Noir Extra Brut
Pierre Gerbais, Côte des Bar, Champagne, France
Three soils together, reflecting the balance and power of the Portlandian and Kimmeridgian terroirs.
- Pinot Noir from three parcels in Les Grandes Côtes, on Portlandian and Kimmeridgian soils.
- Kimmeridgian marl gives tension; harder Portlandian limestone gives fruit.
- Perpetual reserve from 2011, 36 months on lees, Extra Brut at 3 g/l.
- Grape
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Lieu-dit
- Les Grandes Côtes, Celles-sur-Ource
- Soils
- Portlandian, Upper Kimmeridgian and Middle Kimmeridgian
- Farming
- Ampelos since 1996, HVE
- 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: 95 points
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.