216 Champagne AC NV Brut
Chartogne-Taillet

Grape:60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir (12% alc.)

This is a lovely, delicate fresh style of champagne, its’ very pure fruit showing citrus fruits, with a hint of quince, brioche and a touch of salty mineral flavour. It comes from 35-year-old vines and is made 80% from the 2007 vintage, and 20% from 2005/2006. Disgorged in November 2010 with a 4.5g/l dosage.

* Half bottles are available

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Philippe & Alexandre Chartogne
Location:	Merfy, Marne
Size of domaine:	11 hectares
Grape:	60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir. 35 years old on average, massale selection, 9000 vines per hectare
Terroir:	Sand, clay, chalk on chalk mother rock
Viticulture:	Debud, no vendanges en vert. Soil ploughed for last 4 years. Allow grass to grow, cutting it back only when it becomes a little too vigorous. Renowned soil specialist Claude Bourguignon is employed to analyse the soils yearly, judge the activity of micro-organisms in the soil and advise on any organic treatments. Manual harvest. Yields average 50 hectos per hectare.
Vinification:	Pneumatic press. Natural indigenous yeasts for smallest vats and barrels, sachcromyces cerevisiae for biggest vats. 1st fermentation has given an average of 10.5% alcohol, so just a touch of chaptalisation necessary. Vinification in stainless steel at 17°C-18°C for 10-14 days. The chardonnay undergo malo-lactics, pinot don’t. Elevage on fine lees for 7 to 10 months. Racked from 1 to 4 times. 20% reserve wine is used (from 2 older vintages – the reserve wine is kept in stainless steel cuves). From 2006 onwards, the wine is neither fined nor filtered. 24g of sugar used for the secondary fermentation. 2½years sur latte. 4.5g/l of cane sugar used for dosage. Kept in cellars for further 4 months post degorging.
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exc vat: £20.96