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    199 Champagne Rosé 1er Cru AC Extra-Brut Rosé de Saignée
    Larmandier-Bernier

    Grape:100% Pinot Noir (12.5% alc.)

    This rosé is made from macerating old vine pinot noir on their skins for two days - over 90% of rosé champagne are made by blending white wine with red wine. The rosé de saignée method demands that the grapes are ripe – never any problems with Larmandier-Bernier vines – and then gives a rosé which is more akin to a mid-weight red burgundy with real pinot character and only 3g/l of dosage. 95 points from Robert Parker December 2009. Limited quantity.

    Technical Information
    Winemaker: Pierre Larmandier 
    Location: Vertus 
    Size of
    domaine:    		 15 hectares  
    Grape: 100% Pinot Noir from 40 year old vines. Old rootstock (doesn’t like S04 as too vigorous) 
    Terroir: South-east facing vines on gentle slopes. Tertiary sands and clays overlying soft cretaceous chalks. 
    Viticulture: Certified organic, has practiced bio-dynamic viticulture but refuses certification as he doesn’t agree with Demeter allowing cultured yeasts to be used during winemaking. Plough to aerate the soil and force vine roots deep in search of minerals and nutrients. Mechanically weeds around the foot of each vine. Has raised the vine leaf canopy from 1.20 to 1.35 metres to obtain extra photosynthesis to produce higher natural sugar levels in the grapes. Mixes nettle infusion with Bordeaux mix to reduce copper levels when spraying against mildew. Hand-harvest. Search for optimum maturity. 50 hectos per hectare yield. 
    Vinification: Destalked 100% and then left to macerate over 2 days in temperature controlled enamel lined stainless steel vats. Pressed gently by pneumatic press. Natural indigenous yeasts only for the initial fermentation. Single vintage only (no reserve wine). The wine is left on the fine lees during the winter and the malolactic is carried out spontaneously. The wine is filtered lightly before bottling in May. The rosé is kept for a minimum of 15 months sur latte under cap in a deep, underground cave. All the bottles are disgorged manually with a dosage of 3g/l made from concentrated grape must. 
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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £34.85