TECHNICAL DATA

Terroir : Marne Valley. Crus of Charly-Sur-Marne and Saulchery.

Vineyard Plots : Le Chemin de Citry, Les Haies, Les Chaillots, Les Grès,
Les Anes, Les Garennes.

Varietals : 100% Chardonnay.

Geology and Soil : Limestone marls on a substructure of
soft limestone from the Lutetian era.
An abundance of millstones and silex.

Viticulture : All vines undergoing conversion to organic agriculture.
Principles of biodynamic viticulture practised since
2009 (no certification sought as yet).
Native flora, and soils worked mechanically.
Natural vine growing methods, completed by Jean-Marc Charpentier’s expertise and
philosophy of terroir.
His agronomic training, combined with keen sensitivity and
a certain intuition allow him to work in total harmony with his vineyards.

VINIFICATION

Before Harvest : Maturity is monitored using laboratory analysis but also by
tasting individual grapes for organoleptic analysis, to determine the very best date
for picking.

Harvest : Grapes hand picked and carefully selected on each plot. After a year of
careful work in the vineyard, precision in the choice of harvest date for the
individual plots ensures the best possible juice quality and tasting profile.

Fermentation : Stainless steel, temperature controlled tanks. Long alcoholic
fermentation at ultra low temperature, with yeasts indigenous to Champagne
selected to control end of fermentation.
Spontaneous malolactic fermentation for biological stability and a reduction
of sulphites (SO ² ).

Assemblage and Reserve Wines :
Blending of plot selections from the first press juice with reserve wines aged in old
oak barrels from Champagne and Burgundy.

Ageing : 60 months maturation on the yeasts.

Disgorging : 6 to 10 months prior to shipping.

Dosage : 6.5 g/l.

Closure : Technological closure in natural cork.

SPECIAL TO THIS CUVÉE

Limestone, silex, millstones – a Chardonnay true to its origins, but
with something of the “Pinot” character!