“Zero dosage Blanc de Noirs” “Recolte Noire” NV
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A Blanc de Noirs champagne ,made with the Traditional method.
Made from wines from the Côte des Bars, the vines are 25 years old on average. The vineyard is naturally grassed to promote microbial life in the soil. The harvest is manual with a strict selection of the bunches and expectation of an optimal maturity, of a high natural degree for successful aromas. Fermentation happens in old burgundian barrels,that’s a staple for Dosnon champagne, after bottling they leave the wine on the lees for 2 years and after disgorgement add no sugar that gives its name Zero Dosage.
The final wine is the pure nature of Côte des Bars Pinot Noir. The wine displays a very clear and fine bouquet of white and red fruits, red apples and spicy terroir aromas, offering a refreshing and stimulating character on both the nose and palate.
Arriving in Champagne, Davey Dosnon was impressed by Burgundy and decided to locate his wine house in Aube, 40 km from Chablis. As the taste of the wine, especially Recolte Blanche, shows, the terroir has more in common with Burgundy than Champagne. In Burgundy, Dosnon collaborates with Rossignol-Trapet, and in Champagne with Serge Mathieu and Moutard Père et Fils. The winery was founded in 2009. Dosnon owns two hectares of vineyards in Avira Lange, and in addition, he buys grapes from the 5 hectares of vineyards that are located next to his winery (therefore they have N.M. status). 50,000 bottles are produced annually. All champagne is fermented in small, previously used barriques, and then aged for 20–45 months. The habit of aging wine in barriques also comes from Burgundy.
Pinot Noir has very aromatic profile, very fresh acidity and low level of quaite soft tannins. The nature of Pinot Noir wine is its flavors of red berries and cherry (red sour cherries in lighter wines and cooked black cherries in bold examples). This wine matures very exating, developing notes of berry jam, violets, leather, moss and mushrooms.
The Champagne region combines specific climate, soil and topography conditions that form a unique terroir which is currently used by approx. 15 000 vine-growers and 300 wine houses.
The region consists of 4 sub-regions - Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs, Vallée de la Marne and Côte des Bar. Each provides customers with a different style of sparkling wine. The dominant grapes are Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier that are mainly used in Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne, while Chardonnay shows excellent results in Côte des Blancs.
The region is even more appealing because of the so called "Growe's Champagne" wines, the production of which is overseen by one family from start to finish - they grow and press grapes, make wine and bottle it in the territory of one wine house. This gives the wine a true charm, aura and unique flavour.