Origin:
Premier Cru Chigny-les-Roses
Saignée
• Maceration in concrete vats of Pinot Noirs & Meuniers together (24 to 48h.)
• Drawing off the tinted juice, called "saignée"
In stainless steel tanks
Alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation
Aging
For 4 months
In bottles
On lees for at least 15 years
After disgorgement
Minimum 3 months before shipment
Brut dosage: 6 g/L
From a liqueur and beet sugar
Harsh winter and rainy spring; hot and sunny summer with exceptional temperatures in August; ideal September for maturation.
Start: Mid-September in Montagne de Reims.
Conditions: Dry and sunny weather, optimal conditions.
Characteristics: Healthy grapes, perfect maturity, richness in sugars.
A generous and sunny year, considered one of the finest vintages of the early century. The grapes show a perfect balance between maturity and acidity.
Date: February 2005
Bottle formats: Bottles
Initial closure: Crown cap
4,821 bottles
Final cork: Diam, technological cork
Storage after shipment: Ready to drink, can be kept in cellar conditions for 5 years.
Optimal serving temperature: between 8 and 10°C
Dishes: Duck with cranberries, Roasted veal with blood orange jus. With aged gouda.
Desserts: For a sweet note, a dark bitter chocolate ganache and raspberry tart, the essential strawberry tart, a panna cotta with red fruit coulis or small financiers.
