2020 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 72% Chardonnay, 14% Meunier, 14% Pinot Noir
Region Champagne
Soil Mainly clay containing flint and limestone, Over campanian chalk at varying depths
Sites Vertus 1er Cru—La Justice; Dizy 1er Cru—Moque-bottle; Épernay—Les Frileux; Mardeuil—Les Basses Ronces; Pierry 1er Cru—Les Tartières/Les Porgeons, Les Gouttes d’Or and Les Gayères
Fermentation Vessels Oak barrels
Dosage 2.0 g/L
Unfined Yes
Unfiltered Yes
Production Volume 2,300 bottles
Bottles2,300
Magnums150
Production Details The seven parcel wines are vinified entirely in 350–600 L oak barrels. The 75 cl format is aged under natural cork for five years.
2016 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 72% Chardonnay, 14% Meunier, 14% Pinot Noir
Region Champagne
Soil Mainly clay containing flint and limestone, Over campanian chalk at varying depths
Sites Vertus 1er Cru—La Justice; Dizy 1er Cru—Moque-bottle; Épernay—Les Frileux; Mardeuil—Les Basses Ronces; Pierry 1er Cru—Les Tartières/Les Porgeons, Les Gouttes d’Or and Les Gayères
Fermentation Vessels Oak barrels
Dosage 2.0 g/L
Unfined Yes
Unfiltered Yes
Production Volume 2,300 bottles
Bottles2,300
Magnums150
Production Details This release is the 2016 harvest in 1.5 L magnum. Its seven parcel wines are vinified entirely in 350–600 L oak barrels, and magnums are aged under natural cork for eight years.
2013 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 72% Chardonnay, 14% Pinot Noir, 14% Meunier
Drinking Window 2023–2060
Region Champagne
Sites Seven vineyards drawn from Vertus, Épernay, Dizy, Mardeuil and Pierry
Fermentation Vessels Oak barrels
Disgorgement Date September 2018
Dosage 2.0 g/L
Production Details All vins clairs were barrel-fermented. The wine was aged under cork rather than crown cap and spent four and a half years sur latte before its September 2018 disgorgement.
Tasting Notes John Gilman described apple, pear, hazelnut, saline mineral character, floral tones and restrained buttery oak, with refined mousse and a long, focused finish.
Critics Ratings 94
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2012 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 72% Chardonnay, 14% Meunier, 14% Pinot Noir
Region Champagne
Sites La Justice, Vertus 1er Cru (Chardonnay, planted 1950); Moque-Bouteille, Dizy 1er Cru (Chardonnay, 1985); Les Basses-Ronces, Mardeuil (Chardonnay, 1982); Les Frileux, Épernay (Chardonnay, 1959); Les Tartières/Les Porgeons, Pierry 1er Cru (Chardonnay, 1985); Les Gayères, Pierry 1er Cru (Pinot Noir, 1975); Les Gouttes d’Or, Pierry 1er Cru (Meunier, 1951 and 1953)
Fermentation Vessels Oak barrels
Dosage 2.0 g/L
Unfined Yes
Unfiltered Yes
Production Details Each of the seven plots was vinified separately, with alcoholic fermentation entirely in oak barrels and no malolactic conversion. The wine underwent natural cold stabilization, was neither fined nor filtered, was bottled in spring with cork and aged on lees for at least 48 months.
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