Sparkling Wines

100% Pinot Noir Production area: Ambonnay Soil: rich in chalk Harvest: manual Vinification: pressing and first fermentation 100% in barrique Refinement: 135 months in bottle on its lees, commercialization at least 12 months after disgorgement Colour: pale golden yellow with a fine perlage Bouquet: marked minerality well integrated with notes...

"The 2013 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses is fabulous. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2013 is in no mood to show all its cards. The late harvest produced a bristling, intensely saline Clos des Goisses that will require years to be at its best. Even so, its depth, textural resonance and finish are so evocative as to what the future holds. The 2013 is a positively stunning Champagne and...