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Fût de Chêne MV13
| Author | Chiara Giovoni |
| Date of publication | 08/03/19 |
| Score | 94/100 |
| Denomination | Champagne |
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| Value for money | |
| Current price | 150.00 € |
| Country | Champagne |
| Nation | Francia |
A blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. A manifesto of Claude Giraud’s vision of Champagne with its particular cork held in by a metal cage. Pinot Noir dominates the blend, more specifically the Petit Pinot clone that has had its habitat in Aÿ vineyards since the beginning of the 19th century. The juice from the Grand Cru grapes, both the first pressing and the taille, add vigor to the structure of the wine that ferments for ten days in new wood barriques from the Argonne Forest, also undergoing malolactic fermentation. Only 20% of the wine then matures for 12 months in new wood. In addition to wine from the latest harvest, 2013, 30% of the final blend is composed of vins de reserve kept in wood barrels and the wine sits on the lees for five years after which it is given a dosage of some 7g/l
The bouquet has an opulent profundity, a harmony of elder and magnolia flowers, acacia honey, caramelized figs, barley cookies and blond tobacco. The dense and generous mouthfeel has flavors of golden delicious apple, Mirabelle jam and candied citrus fruit, with a nice mentholated tension from the chalk substrata that balances the wine’s dynamism.
