1. Bernard Gaucher Brut NV
From Aube
10 g/l residual sugar
100% pinot noir
2. Juiliet-Lallement Champagne Brut NV Grand Cru Rose
From Verzy and Sillery
300 Liter wooden barrel
80 Pinot Noir 20 Chardonnay
8 g/l residual sugar
Champagne Juillet-Lallement produces precise wines, showing elegance, minerality and above all a true personality. They reflect the terroir of “La Montagne de Reims” which has a northern exposure, ensuring cool winds preserve great acidity in the wines. The farming philosophies of Juillet-Lallement respect nature and their commitment to sustainable viticulture will help to ensure the house will continue to thrive in the next century.
3. Lancelot Pienne Blanc de Blanc “Instant Present” NV Brut
From Cramant (Grand Cru)
100% Chardonnay
40 + year old vines
30 months on the lees
6 g/l residual sugar
The perfect apéritif wine, fresh, lifted, chalky, and full of white and yellow orchard fruits. This comes from vines averaging 40 years of age growing along the Côte des Blancs as well as from Monthelon and Mancy, two villages south of Epernay in the Côteaux Sud d’Epernay. Aged on its lees for 30 months before disgorgement. This used to be dosed with 7 grams of sugar, but since the release of the 2018 base the dosage has gone to 6 gram
4. Clotilde Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru Brut
From Les Mesnil-Sur-Orge
Made by Jean Michel Turgy
Clotilde is an homage to the first queen of France, is a Blanc de Blanc Cuvee from the Grand Cru vineyards of Michel Turgy in Les Mesnil – Sur – Oger. . The steeple on the label (in the L) is a replica of the church where her relics are held at the Eglise Saint-Leu-Saint Gilles de Paris. This extremely limited release is only available in California and France.
Tasting Notes : The Clotilde Grand Cru Champagne is made by Jean Michel Turgy! Sourced from Le Mesnil Sur Oger, this Blanc de Blanc is a100% Chardonnay bottling produced from a few small parcels in this remarkable appellation. This amazing bubbly expresses all its generosity and grand delicacy with its very harmonious flowery nose, and in the mouth expresses hints of apple and honey with a nice golden color and a very seductive froth.
