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Benoit Dehu, Champagne Cuvee Initiation Brut Nature, NV [2021] (Pre-Arrival ETA Early November 2026)

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
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More about Benoit Dehu

Benoit is a Meunier specialist, working his family's vineyards on the western edge of the Vallée de la Marne. Starting in 2011, he started bottling wines under his own name from a single parcel called La Rue des Noyers -- 100% Pinot Meunier, farmed biodynamically, and ploughed mostly by horse. In 2015, he started blending some of this PM with Pinot Noir from a nearby plot, and calls it Initiation.

Wine Details

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Varietal Notes
77% Pinot Meunier 23% Pinot Noir
Biodynamic
Practicing
Vineyard
Blend of four parcels; Pinot Meunier from "La Rue des Noyers" in Fossoy, and Pinot Noir from a newer parcel with a terroir of sand and clay that is quite different from Noyers. It is on the bottom of the hill and gives a flinty quality to the wine. Terroir reminiscent of Burgundy with vines from a selection of high-quality plants in Burgundy.
Soil
Rue des Noyers: Clay-limestone Pinot parcel: Clay-sand
Viticulture
All hand-harvested
Vinification
Aged 10 months sur lie, no malolactic fermentation, bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Aging
24-30 months sur lattes.

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