Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Millésime 2017 Grand Cru
“The 2017 vintage of “Les Crayères” single-vineyard cuvée is made from Pinot Noir grapes grown on a single 1.5-hectare plot. The House’s first single-vineyard cuvée, “Les Crayères 2017″ showcases Pinot Noir vinified and aged in 205-liter oak barrels. This champagne reveals the intense fruitiness of Pinot Noir, in a perfect harmony between chalky minerality and a subtly iodine-tinged salinity.”
Blanc de noirs les crayères grand cru millésime 2017
Pinot Noir
100% Pinot Noir (black grape variety).
Single-vineyard cuvée "Les Crayères" Ambonnay Grand Cru, 2017 vintage. Harvest and pressing date: September 21, 2017. Cellared: April 26, 2018. Vinified and aged in oak barrels, 205 liters of Champagne oak. Unfiltered. Natural cold stabilization. Vines over 50 years old. Grassed vineyard (HVE certified).
Extra-Brut - Dosage 5 g/l.
Appearance: Satin-like, luminous, and dense, pale yellow gold with deep straw-yellow highlights.
Nose: Honeysuckle, toast, warm brioche, milk caramel, quince compote, buttered apple, plum, blackcurrant, crisp, iodine-tinged chalk, candied grapefruit, apricot, sweet almond, pomegranate, wild strawberry, roasted notes, and sweet spices.
Palate: Clean and fresh attack, luscious and enveloping fruitiness, lemony acidity, fleshy fruit, chalky minerality, straightforwardness, and iodine salinity.
• Shavings of 40-month aged Parmesan cheese.
• Foie gras ravioli with truffle cream.
• Chicken with morel cream sauce and Parmesan risotto.
• Veal rump, creamy Parmesan risotto, and spiced jus.
• Beef tournedos Rossini style.
• 3 937 bottles (75 cl).
• 284 magnums (1,5 l).