Sparkling Wines

REGION: Champagne VARIETY: 100% Pinot Noir POTTLING: Coteaux champenois HOLES VARIETY: 2h SOIL: deep chalk with clay and marl AVERAGE AGE OF VINEYARDS: 60 years WINEYARDS: lutte raisonnée, recoltant-manipulant WINE HARVEST: Manual WINE-MAKING: Pre-fermentation cold maceration for 5 days, then 10 days of punching down and pumping over, malolactic...

REGION: Champagne VARIETY: 100% Chardonnay APPELLATION: Coteaux champenois VINEYARDED HECTARE: SOIL: deep chalk with clay and marl AVERAGE AGE OF VINEYARDS: 50 years VINEYARDING: lutte raisonnée, recoltant-manipulant HARVEST: Manual WINE-MAKING: Pressing followed by decanting for 24 hours, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in oak barrels AGING: In barrels for 18 months CLARIFICATION:...

The cuvèe is a blend of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay, using a 50% reserve wine and refining in the bottle for no less than 18 months. Golden yellow in color, the nose has hints of pear and peach that mix with notes of vanilla, white pepper and citrus. On the palate it is initially fresh and then continues with mineral and biscuit notes.

The Blanc de Noir of Rousseaux-Batteux is a mono-cru (Verzenay) and mono-varietal (Pinot Noir) Champagne. Reserve wines aged in cask for a year bring strength and character. It is "the purest expression of the Verzenay terroir grand cru

The body is brilliant, golden straw yellow in colour. The bubbles are fine. The mousse is discreet and persistent. The nose is very expressive and open, offering notes of fruit and brioche, as well as aromas of peach, white flowers (hawthorn, acacia) and vanilla pod. The attack in the mouth is lively and fresh, very harmonious. Fruit and honey flavours then follow, in a delicate expression....