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Wine Description
The Story
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir from Cumières, coming from a single premier cru parcel named the Côte à Bras.
Ageing : separate fermentation followed by ageing in bottle for 6 years.
In the cellars the production is completely traditional, wherever possible done by hand. Each bottle is handled by around 10 people during production.
Wine Information
2008 began gently in conditions of relatively high humidity. The temperatures in January and February were above normal though March and April were then much colder than normal with several snowy days.
The summer months were mixed with showery weather in July and an August characterised by less sun than usual. September was fine though and the picking started on 15th in perfect dry and sunny conditions.
Vintage 2008
2008 -The Champagne vintage set to make history!
A first taste of leading winemakers’ 2008 champagnes reveals a miraculous vintage, bubbling with potential, which – whisper it – might just prove the greatest in living memory.
2008 was not, by any standards, a vintage year for the financial world. And for the greater part of it, 2008 was a pretty poor year for Champagne too: spring was freezing, summer gloomy and overcast. But then, aroun...