Lelarge-Pugeot

Les Meuniers De Clémence Extra Brut

This beautifully balanced wine is among the most unique Champagnes I've had the pleasure of tasting. This is 100% Meunier grown very seriously, without any less attention than the family's Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. This wine draws a crowd, demonstrating why Meunier deserves equal billing. On the nose, a surprising layer of white ground pepper with a hint of chamomile dances atop a basket of juicy peach and fresh cut orange notes. On the palate, a tension between dry, structured spicy angularity and an intense fruitiness, even after all these years rest. There are notes of ripe apricot, umeboshi, burnt sugar, and almond paste. A crisp minerality perched tall inside a creamy mousse. Outstanding.
France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan

Region:  Vrigny, Montagne de Reims

Appellation:  Champagne Vrigny 1er Cru AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Meunier

ABV:  12.0%

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

Cellar: This wine is fermented with indigenous yeast, spending six months in stainless steel. Bottled in April 2015, aged 6 years on the lees in bottle, and disgorged in March 2021, with 2 g/L dosage and 13 ppm SO2.

CSPC:  871190

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Lelarge-Pugeot
Les Meuniers De Clémence Extra Brut

Region:  Vrigny, Montagne de Reims

Appellation:  Champagne Vrigny 1er Cru AOC

France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan
This beautifully balanced wine is among the most unique Champagnes I've had the pleasure of tasting. This is 100% Meunier grown very seriously, without any less attention than the family's Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. This wine draws a crowd, demonstrating why Meunier deserves equal billing. On the nose, a surprising layer of white ground pepper with a hint of chamomile dances atop a basket of juicy peach and fresh cut orange notes. On the palate, a tension between dry, structured spicy angularity and an intense fruitiness, even after all these years rest. There are notes of ripe apricot, umeboshi, burnt sugar, and almond paste. A crisp minerality perched tall inside a creamy mousse. Outstanding.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Meunier

ABV:  12.0%

Vineyard:  The grapes for this wine come from estate vineyards in Vrigny 1er Cru at 80–120 meters altitude, harvested in 2014. The 40-year-old vines grow in sand and clay-limestone soils over chalk bedrock in a continental climate with oceanic influence.

Cellar: This wine is fermented with indigenous yeast, spending six months in stainless steel. Bottled in April 2015, aged 6 years on the lees in bottle, and disgorged in March 2021, with 2 g/L dosage and 13 ppm SO2.

CSPC:  871190

Winemakers Note: []

What the Critics are saying: []

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Vrigny, Montagne de Reims

Appellation:  Champagne Vrigny 1er Cru AOC

Climate: 

Altitude: 

Soils: 

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Meunier

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  12.0%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  871190

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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Joe Gurba

780-203-5284

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Kerrie Gavin

306-290-0277

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