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Wine Description
The Story
Disgorged in 2009
Total acidity 5,2 g/l H2SO4
Dosage 5 g/l.
Dosage liquor matured in oak casks (over 15 years).
GRAPE VARIETIES BLEND:
Pinot noir 90 %
Chardonnay 7%
Pinot Meunier 3 %
VINIFICATION:
The juice comes exclusively from the first press. The base rape has flowed naturally thanks to gravity, with no pumping. We specially value this technique for the elaboration of our Champagnes. It allows to use very low quantities of sulfites (three times under standard vinification). This very «natural» vinification and the rare quality oak casks we use for part of the wines gives to our pinots a very beautiful copper-coloured aspect, close to last century's tradition.
TASTING:
By Gérard Basset, MS.MW, Best Sommelier in the World 2010
Deep gold with bronze tinges, surprisingly still a great effervescence in the glass with plenty of tiny bubbles rising up quickly in the glass.
Powerful and magnificent nose with enticing notes of beeswax, ginger cake and lime tea.
Concentrated on the palate with a superb intensity of flavours and a candied lemon peel aftertaste lasting for an extremely long time.
This is really a sensational cuvée, providing great enjoyment now but that still has a huge ageing potential.
Vintage 1995
A welcome relief after some difficult years in the region. Quantity-wise, it was the seventh high-cropping year in a row. But, in 1995, the quality also excelled, and particularly so for Chardonnay. There were significant frost damages during the spring and the warm but wet weather in the summer ignited mildew and rot problems. The vines cropped heavily and rigorous vineyard work and selection during harvest led to best results. Harvest commenced on September 18th and yielded grapes of a fine balance of sugar and acidity. The vintage has turned out to be much better than first expected and it has emerged from the shadow of the much-hyped 1996. This vintage is marked by elegance of its inviting fruitiness, beautiful balance and slow-building finesse. Its greatest examples include Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires, Dom Pérignon (whole range), Louis Roederer Cristal and Cristal Rosé, Bollinger R.D, Krug Vintage and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne.
