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  • Producer ranking ?

    23
  • Decanting time

    30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

This Champagne comes from a rare, ungrafted vineyard of Pinot Meunier. Phylloxera has never touched this sandy parcel, and we passionately continue to preserve these vines. The limestone content is lower in this vineyard than in the surrounding ones, with only the primary root of the vine descending deep into the calcareous bedrock. This wine provokes strong emotions. Once the proper tasting temperature is reached and the wine sufficiently aer...

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Wine Information

Sometimes it is good to turn from the glamour of big champagne houses to the more earth-bound approach of a pragmatic peasant. Chartogne-Taillet in Merfy, which is located in the northern part of Montagne de Reims, is a paradigm of an enthusiastic and innovative farmer-producer. Working side by side with his father Philippe and mother Elisabeth, Alexandre Chartogne acquired his knowledge from the legendary Avize-based Anselme Selosse, and is o...

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Vintage 2006

A cold winter and springtime frosts laid the foundations for this vintage of abundant yields (12,997 kg/ha). Uneventful flowering was followed by exceptionally hot and sunny weather, which lasted until August. A dank August left producers fearful but fortunately warm, bright conditions in September redressed the balance. Harvest commenced on September 9th, producing grapes high in sugar level but notably low on acidity. The general health of t...

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Written Notes

A really cool monster wine with its compact licorice, rödbetsosande and pumped dark style reminiscent of Champagne from Egly Ouriet. A wine made out of grapes from unseeded Meunier vines in Merfy. Oak barrels, natural yeast and batonnage provides a particularly impressive power and serious dark appearance.

  • 86p
Familjen Chartogne har varit vinodlare i den lilla byn Merfy redan på 1500-talet. De två bröderna driver en kvalitetsinriktad egendom med tillgång till mycket gamla vinstockar. Faktiskt även en liten del prephylloxera-stockar. Philippe är utbildad i Bourgogne och har en stark tilltro till receptet att låg avkastning ger hög kvalitet. Druvorna kommer från 11 hektar i Merfy, Chenay och Saint Thierry. TASTINGNOTE Ett riktigt häftigt monstervin som för tankarna till Egly-Ouriet med sin kompakta lakrits, rödbetsosande och pumpade mörka stil. Gjord på vin från oympade Meunierstockar i Merfy. Ekfat, naturjäst och batônnage ger en synnerligen imponerande tyngd och seriös mörk framtoning.
  • 90p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

1h

Drinking temperature

6
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