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Wine Description
The Story
Besserat de Bellefon’s concept and signature add new meaning to this Champagne wine: precise vinification and a careful blend from the various plots making up this estate enhance the unique flavour and crispness of the grapes.
Actively committed for many years to organic and biodynamic growing, our estate is involved in protecting our ecosystem and intends to respect the balance between terroir, plants and people. Cover crop growing between...
Wine Information
Grape harvest: from 03 to 10.10.2013
Tirage: 60,458 bottles on 07.04.2014
Total Acidity: 6,5 g/l
pH: 2,95
Dosage: < 3 g/l (Brut Nature)
Total SO2: 40 mg/l
Tasting notes: Slightly yellow copper-coloured robe, delicate and dense bubbles Intense and varied nose of fresh fruit and perfectly ripe. Initial notes of vine peach and red fruits. Notes of stewed fruit (apple-pear-cinnamon) and crystallised fruit (quince, mandarin orange...
Vintage 2013
The Champagne harvest 2013– late, but potentially outstanding
It has been another strange year for Champagne, starting with a cold, wet winter, followed by a gloomy, chilly spring with a lot of rain. Vine development started two weeks behind the ten-year average, and never made up for that lost time.
Along the way came a hot dry summer, boosting fruit quality thanks to the most sunshine ever recorded in Champagne in July and August.
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