CUMIÈRES PREMIER CRU
An intimate Champagne, celebrating the harmonious communion of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in equal parts. Created by Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy in 2008, this cuvée reflects, two aspects of the same reality, the duality that exists in nature: day and night, cold and heat, suppleness and hardness, stillness and movement. Blanc de Rose is a fluid, symmetrical champagne and invigorating.
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VINES & TERROIR
Age : Over 30 years
Village : Cumières Premier Cru
Vineyard : A selection of vineyards for Coteaux Champenois. Limited yield.
Location : « La Montagne » south-east exposure, « Les Bellenaux » south exposure
Soil : « La Montagne» has little arable suolo and plunges
directly into the chalk. « Les Bellenaux » has a deeper, brown, chalky-clay soil.
Village : Cumières Premier Cru
Vineyard : A selection of vineyards for Coteaux Champenois. Limited yield.
Location : « La Montagne » south-east exposure, « Les Bellenaux » south exposure
Soil : « La Montagne» has little arable suolo and plunges
directly into the chalk. « Les Bellenaux » has a deeper, brown, chalky-clay soil.
CHARACTERISTICS
Blend : 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
Vintage : 2015
Dosage : 2 g/L Extra Brut
Presentation : Bottle, Magnum
Vintage : 2015
Dosage : 2 g/L Extra Brut
Presentation : Bottle, Magnum
VINIFICATION & AGEING :
Hand-picked grapes at optimum ripeness and sorted. Sorting table before vatting in tapered wooden vats. Co-maceration of the two grape varieties for 60 hours in
cold conditions to obtain fine aromas and a natural colour. Fermentation of the free-run juice with indigenous yeasts and ageing on fine lees for 8 months. Secondary fermentation under cork. 84 months in cellars on laths. The wines are neither filtered nor fined
TASTING :
A champagne with an original, dynamic profile. The nose reveals notes of rose petals, mixed with hints of blood orange and saffron. On the palate, vibrant acidity with aromas of mandarin orange and pink grapefruit, followed by a long finish. Ideal with light dishes such as fish carpaccios, sashimi and seafood, or citrus desserts.
PAIRING :
While this Blanc de Rose is prefect as an aperitif, it finds a place of honour when taken with raw fish, such as a slightly marinated carpaccio of salmon and halibut or a simple red tuna sashimi.
PRESS REVIEWS
2020 – Guide RVF : 89/100
2019 – Guide Bettane et Desseauve : 16/20
2019 – Guide Gault et Millau : 16.5/20
2017 – James suckling.com : 93/100
2016 – Le point – J.Dupont : 17/20
2014 – Tyson Stelzer – Australie : 91/100
Wine advocate – USA : 90/100
