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Wine Description
The Story
Grande Sendrée is the name of an archipelago of parcels in Kimmeridgian «crayots» (marly limestone), recovered from cinders after the fire which ravaged Urville in 1836. It comes in a unique Louis XV style flagon.
Blend: Pinot Noir 92%, Chardonnay 8%
Soil: Jurassic Kimmeridgian limestone from historical groupment of parcels
Vinification:
- 2 days of maceration (saignée)
- Mechanical low-pressure presses
- Only first press
- Use of gravity
- Natural settling
- Malolactic fermentation
- No filtering
- 35% of the wines are matured in barrels
- Very low sulphites
- Liqueur de tirage aged in oak during 15 years
Dosage: 5,5 g/l
Tasting notes: Complex bouquet opening on to notes of strawberry and gooseberry. On the palate pure and elegant with a lovely roundness in the finish and a liveliness brought by the Chardonnay and its liquorice hints.
Food companion: Ideal as an aperitif. A baby mackerel lisette en nage with green lemon, mousseline of saffron flavour langoustine, sea bass cooked in wine with gooseberries, oeufs en meurette. To go with cheese, superb with a Tête de Moine or a vintage Parmesan.
