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CUVEE
PRESTIGE BRUT

60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

A beautifully aromatic finesse, with elegance and sensuality, highlighting the subtle art of the blend of chardonnay and pinot noir.



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VITICULTURE

  • Average age of vines

    30 years

  • Terroir

    Aube, the southern-most region
    of Champagne

  • Soil and sub-soil

    Calcareous clay

  • Altitude

    between 250 m and 320 m

  • Climate

    Continental with oceanic influence

  • Plantation density

    8650 plants/ha

  • Yield

    approximately 10,500 kg/ha or 62 Hl/ha

  • Vine cultivation:

    vines cultivated using integrated viticultural methods and rationalised plant-health treatments, hand trellising and regular ploughing which allows our family-run estate to obtain level 3 certification "HEV" (High Environmental Value) from the Grenelle Environment Forum.

WINE-MAKING PROCESS

  • Pressing of the harvest in whole bunches by pneumatic presses.

  • Champagne made solely from the juice from the first pressing: the Cuvée juice.

  • Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks.

  • Wine blended with several harvest years.

  • Ageing minimum 36 months on racks after bottling.

  • Dosage on disgorging 9g/l.

  • Bottles sold after 12 weeks minimum of disgorging.

  • Serve chilled but not iced i.e. 7°c.

  • Available in half-bottles, bottles and magnums. Crates of 6 bottles or 3 for magnums.