Bereche
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*New* 226 Champagne 1er Cru AC 2004 Extra-Brut Le Cran
Bérèche & FilsGrape:55% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Meunier (12% alc.)
Le Cran is one hectare of superbly sited vines made up of two parcels: Les Vignes St Jean planted with pinot and Les Crans d’en Haut planted with chardonnay. Showcasing the very best Ludes terroirs, Le Cran is vinified in 350 & 600 litre barrels, aged under cork and left sur lattes for more than 60 months. Bottled with 2g/l dosage, the wine is beautifully textured, fresh, mineral and elegant. For drinking now to 2014.
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224 Champagne AC NV Brut Réserve
Bérèche & FilsGrape:35% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 35% Pinot Meunier (12% alc.)
Based on the 2007 vintage (with 30% reserve wine from the previous two vintages) with a dosage of 9g/l, this has ripe, clear-cut fruit, good texture and vinosity, with a touch of saline minerality. A style that Jancis Robinson finds ‘as perfumed as Riesling, no higher praise.’
* Half bottles are available
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225 Champagne AC NV Brut Reflet d’Antan
Bérèche & FilsGrape:33% Chardonnay, 34% Pinot Noir, 33% Pinot Meunier (12% alc.)
This is a very specialist champagne designed to show how complex reserve wines can become with age. Fermented in cuve, the wines for Reflet are selected in May following vintage, kept in cuve for another year, then introduced into a solera system (500 and 600ltr barrels) that was started in 1985. Once a year they bottle off two thirds leaving the balance to blend with the next wines into the solera. There is a crossover with wine from Jura here, the champagne offers incredible complexity, dried fruits, almonds, honey, minerality. Dosage 6g/l. Very limited quantity. For drinking now to 2014.
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227 Champagne Rosé AC NV Brut (SOLD OUT UNTIL 2013)
Bérèche & FilsGrape:41% Pinot Noir, 41% Pinot Meunier, 18% Chardonnay (12% alc.)
A rosé made by assemblage from the 2006 & 2007 vintage. The Bérèche family put in a lot of hard work in the vines and have really good touch in the cave, as displayed by this lovely rosé with excellent texture, ripe red fruits and chalky undertone. 6g/l dosage.
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