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    1 632
  • Producer ranking ?

    8
  • Decanting time

    10min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

Village: Ecueil 1er cru
Vineyards: 2 plots "Chaillots" and "Gillis". Southern exposure, mid-slope.

Grape variety: 100% chardonnay

Soil: Ypresian clay and marl soils. Some traces of limestone sands in the Gillis.

Ages of the vines: planted in 1963, using massal selection in cultivation

Viticulture: Approach to treatments using biological, biodynamic and more traditional methods if necessary. Respect for the rhythms of the plant.

Vinification: Slow spontaneous fermentation in barrels and vats with a long aging on lees. 100% vinification in barrels. Non-malo, unfiltered. Aging 9 months.

Dosage: 0 g / l

Production: 3,680 bottles

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Wine Information

Champagne from a specific area from old vines of chardonnay. Produced only in great years, this champagne is produced with limited quantity. A wine of Champagne before to be a Champagne.

Ecueil 1er cru and Bouzy grand cru. Sourced from different parcels of old vines only, exposed on the south hills and different plots in the middle of the vineyard

Slow, gentle pressing using gravity flow techniques.This wine is vinified exclusively in wooden vats and with regular battonage.
This Champagne has had a long maturation on wooden vats and no filtration took place before the bottling. Disgorged by hand and laid down at least three months before sale.
Dosage : 2 g/L

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Vintage 2004

A great example of how large yields do not necessarily mean poor quality in Champagne. As a reaction to the previous year's low yields, the vines produced one of the largest crops on record. The growing season proceeded without major difficulties but the bumper crop called for bud thinning. August brought about cooler weather and some rains, increasing the risk of rot. The massive crop, averaging 13,990 kg/ha, was picked from September 18th onwards. The quality was a pleasant surprise; vibrant wines with appropriate intensity, refined charm and refreshing lightness. This vintage impresses me more and more, and I feel tempted to give it the full five stars. It comes with a rare balance of freshness, lightness, yet fine aromatic intensity. Post-release, this vintage has proven to be slow to age, and elegant wines are likely to keep on ageing gracefully. Dom Pérignon and Louis Roederer Cristal both excelled.

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Ecueil, Champagne
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