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Wine Description
The Story
Their vineyard is the pride of the DRAPPIER family since the 1920’s. It covers 60 hectares in ownership and 55 hectares in contract-association. The village of Urville, cradle of the Drappier house, is surrounded by limestone hills dating from the Kimmeridgian Jurassic period. Dense in fossilized marine micro-organisms, this terroir gives rise to wines both tight and racy, typical of the house.
VINIFICATION:
Limestone soil
Jurassic Kimmeridgian
Press calibrated at low pressure
Only first pressing
Vinification by gravity
Natural settling
Malolactic fermentation
No filtering nor discoloring
Very low in sulphur
Dosage : 4g/l (with a liquor aged in oak barrels during 15 years)
Total acidity : 5.3 H2SO4
AGEING:
This wine was kept on battens in our cellar during 15 years
TASTING
APPEARANCE : golden with copper hints
AROMA : Fine and delicate with red fruit, peach and quince jelly aromas.
FLAVOUR : Powerful wine with ripe and dried fruits, a spicy touch and a fresh finish wrapped-up with a slightly toasted liquor aged in small oak barrels that blends in perfectly.
FOOD PAIRING
During the aperitive, with every starter (except with raw vegetables), white meat and cooked sea food.
MEDALS
Le Guide Bettane et Desseauve Septembre 2017 : 17/20
Wine Spectator October 2018: 94 points
Vintage 2002
A cold winter and a mild late spring cued for a perfect June allowing early and fast flowering. Outstanding weather conditions prevailed and the season went on without dramatic turns. Rains in August raised concerns regarding gray rot, but finally sunshine and dry conditions throughout September resulted in an abundant crop of largely healthy fruit (11,930 kg/ha). Dehydration due to wind further aided in achieving perfect ripeness and additional concentration. This, and the cool nights, helped in retaining fresh acidity and, despite the ripeness (10.3% potential alcohol), the wines did not suffer from heaviness or a lack of life. A near-perfect vintage, which produced balanced Champagnes consistently around the region. The best show an impeccable combination of freshness, power, structure and finesse. However, some have matured aromatically quicker than expected and are already past their peak. 2002 produced an abundance of spectacular champagnes, such as Dom Pérignon (the entire range), Krug Vintage and Clos du Mesnil, Piper-Heidsieck Rare, Louis Roederer Cristal and Cristal Rosé, Ruinart Dom Ruinart and Dom Ruinart Rosé, Salon Le Mesnil and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, to name a few.
