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Wine Description
The Story
Blend: 70% Pinot Noir, 30 % Chardonnay
Age of vines: 40 years
Village: Bouzy
Terroir: Limestone on chalk
The Special Club cuvée is unique to the Champagne region and is only made in years which are blessed with an exceptional harvest. The selection process comprises of a two-test system: firstly tasting the blend of the still wines and secondly tasting the champagne. Judged by 50 winemakers and made with the best vintage in the purest tr...
Wine Information
Alcohol: 12.5%
Acidity: 5.3 g/L
Dosage: 7 g/L
Winemaking: Non-malolactic fermentation
The 2012 vintage was a special year in which the nature gave a complete set of weather disasters; winter frost, spring frost, heavy rains, storms. Fortunately, the weather changed mid-July, it became hot and dry! A real summer which permitted a sustained maturation until mid-August. To finish, this harvest was qualified as exceptional!
Vintage 2012
2012 was deemed one of the best vintages the Champagne region has ever experienced. “The quality and the intensity are definitely there to make an outstanding vintage,” Dom Perignon chef de cave Richard Geoffroy told Decanter. The base wines show a lovely richness as well as the acidity needed to make outstanding and long-lived Champagnes. Yields are very low, in some places half of the allowed production.
