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.
Details
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Grape Variety
Pinot Meunier
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Vintage
NV
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Organic
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Style
Elegant , Minerally
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Medium Bodied
Champagne
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