Charpentier Terre d'Emotion Blanc de Blancs Champagne
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 conver- sion 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 trai- ning, 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 careful- ly selected on each plot. After a year of careful work in the vineyard, precision in the choice of harvest date for the indivi- dual plots ensures the best possible juice quality and tasting profile.
Fermentation: Stainless steel, tempe- rature 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 (SO2).
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.
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