Bruno Michel Coteaux Champenois Blanc 1993 75 cl

Description

History

Bruno Michel founded the maison that bears his name in 1980, after years of study and training, following only criteria of organic cultivation and respect for the vines and their fruits. In 1985 his wife Catherine also began to cultivate the same passion; the maison is located in Pierry, a few kilometers from Epernay, in the Marne Valley. The properties extend for 12 hectares consisting of 35 parcels, 50% cultivated with Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Meunier and the remainder with Pinot noir. The champagnes are rigorously assembled on site, in quarries dug in the chalk-limestone caves, where the refinement phase is also carried out; the latter are ideal places for the conservation of champagnes due to the constant humidity present in the latter.

Grapes used

100% Chardonnay

Production method

The grapes have always been harvested manually following the principles of biodynamics. The wine ferments and then ages for 3 months in wooden barrels and for 3 months in steel. The wine then aged for 27 years (!) in the cellars of the maison in order to slowly mature and develop the aromas that distinguish it.

Alcohol content

12.5%

Tasting notes

Old gold colour. Nose with notes of dehydrated fruit, among which we clearly perceive papaya and other exotic fruit, white pepper, thyme, bits of oregano and hints of curry, with a pronounced mineral background. On the palate what immediately amazes is the intense freshness and sharpness despite the years of refinement, with hints reminiscent of dehydrated fruit and flint.

Possible combinations

Meditation wine, which grandly expresses the great minerality and vocation of Pierry’s lands for refinement even over the course of many years; already from the choice of this company to put this wine on the market after 27 years of aging it gives us a clear message. Beyond this, it is a wine that is now beginning its true evolutionary path. Excellent to combine with tasty and/or aged cheeses.