Alcohol: 12 %
Grape(s): 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
Location: Essoyes, Côte des Bar, Champagne, France
Tasting Notes: Aromas of grapefruit and warm spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. A very fine, quiet mousse with real tension and length, finishing on a mineral note.
Notes: The estate's only non-vintage cuvée, drawn from a perpetual reserve that holds wine from every parcel back to 2011, plus organically grown grapes bought from friends in the Aube. The soils are mainly clay-limestone, with red and gray clay and white limestone. Fermented and aged on fine lees in barrels and demi-muids for nine months, then 18 to 20 months on the lees in bottle. Disgorged à la volée, with no dosage and no added sulfur.
Food Pairing: Pork, rich fish such as salmon or tuna, shellfish and soft-rind cheeses.
Winery Story: Ruppert-Leroy is a small biodynamic Champagne estate in Essoyes, in the Aube's Côte des Bar, farming about four hectares. Bénédicte Leroy took over the family vineyards in 2009 with her husband Manu, on the condition that they could farm organically and make their own wines. The estate has been certified organic since 2013 and biodynamic (Demeter, Biodyvin) since 2014, and no sulfur has been used in the winery since the 2013 vintage. Every cuvée is made with native yeasts, without fining, filtering or dosage.
