- white sparkling
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- Low Sulfur
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Les Puits comes from a northeastern exposed plot in Chamery of 34 year old Pinot Noir grown on rich sandy clay, the chalk being at least one meter deep. The grapes were harvested in mid-September and pressed at Aurélien Lurquin’s winery. The wine was then vinified at Thomas Perseval. 30 ppm of sulfur dioxide was used at press and that’s it. Both fermentations were spontaneous, happening in 228 liter and 400 liter second-hand Burgundy barrels (mostly from Domaine Leflaive). Aging of the vin clair lasted a little less than a year before tirage. Disgorgement happened in the Fall of 2019 “à la volée”, with no dosage addition. The wine is pink gold, with some silver hue and creamy, long lasting tiny bubbles dancing in a thin string. On the nose, it is an explosion of red fruits : raspberry, pomegranate, hibiscus tea, gooseberry. You have some faint notes of croissant and marzipan. On the palate, this is the most structured wine, with remarkable tension and concentration. It is really dense, so you want a large glass to appreciate it, and you don’t want to serve it too cold. It is not an opulent wine but has a lot of structure. Aromatically, the palate is still showing a lot of red berries but balanced by more herbal notes of shiso, almond blossom and rhubarb. The finish is really briny and salty too, with just a trace of blond tobacco that may come from the oak. Like for the other wines, this cuvée held up very well a week being opened and tasted every day. I think also this wine - and all Emilien’s Champagnes - deserve some cellaring but if you want to open it now use a large size white wine glass. For pairings, you can opt for some powerful fish like grilled red mullet served with a tapenade of mullet eggs and eggplants, a crab cake, confit fennel and lobster bisque reduction, or a with a duck magret with maraschino cherry reduction and sautéed zucchinis. 100% Pinot Noir. Pascaline Lepeltier.