The Story
Vintage 2015
Appellation Champagne (Montagne de Reims)
Varietals Pinot Noir
Farming Sustainable
Vineyard Les Maillerettes is a 0.32 hectare vineyard planted by Antoine and Quentin's grandfather in in 1970. The old vines from the vineyard are used for replanting Pinot Noir on the family's parcels by way of sélection massale.
Soil Thick clay over chalk subsoils.
Viticulture Vineyards are farmed using organic methods since 2011....
Vintage 2015
A wet winter and mild spring gave way to an exceptionally dry summer from mid-May onwards. Hot weather prevailed until mid-August, when the skies opened again. Rains gave way to fine, cool, yet sunny weather for the first two weeks of harvest, which commenced on August 29th. The 2015 vintage has a lot of common denominators with the 2003 vintage but the 2015s are showing a better balance of weight and freshness with their average potential alc...