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Wine Description
The Story
Brilliant, surging and shimming the whirling bubbles evoke a spellbinding magic. The aromas of fresh bread and hazelnuts melt into a amalgam of peaches and acacia. In the mouth it is direct and immediate, developing flavours of the Mirabelle plum in a whirl of cinnamon and citrus fruits.
Wine Information
Origin
Mailly Champagne, vineyard classified as Grand Cru.
Composition
Pinot Noir 75% - Chardonnay 25 %
Ageing
Hand picked, crop pressing of the full bunch. Alcoholic fermentation at 16°. Malolactic fermentation in thermo regulated inox stainless steel vats. Ageing on laths in traditional chalk caves.
Blending
The harvest of 2000 has produced grapes with generous aromatic juices. They express themselves in t...
Vintage 2000
A warm and wet winter was followed by an equally wet spring. First, in May, came the seri- ous heat, which gave a fast owering around June 14. Chlorosis and mold growth were evi- dent. June and August were hot and dry. But if you were like me, and tried to have a July vaca- tion in Champagne that year, you noticed how cold and rainy it was. The weather was almost as bad as at home, with constant rain and local hailstorms.
Everything l...
