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Varietal Notes
100% Pinot Meunier
Biodynamic
Practicing
Vineyard
Single parcel of 1984 massale selection plantings in Gueux. Incorporates biodynamic methods, along with vitiforestry.
Soil
Sand and silt
Viticulture
Incorporates biodynamic methods: mobile chicken coop to clean vineyard and fertilize the soils, encourage biodiversity; development of vitiforestry; careful hand pruning according to the moon; no chemical fertilizers or insecticides, only natural organic products; indigenous grass and plants; grinds up vine cuttings in the parcels; extensive debudding, green harvest; attentive trellissing; essential oils to diminish the doses of copper/sulfur; braiding of the vines for energy exchange
Vinification
100% 2019; Grapes are lightly pressed and fermented using natural yeast. Vinification occurs in jarres and oak barrels. No chaptalization, malolactic fermentation can occur but is not forced. The juice is bottled on fruit days in locally produced bottles. Alexandre bottles with 22 grams of sugar instead of the more typical 24 grams, resulting in a softer, finer mousse .
Aging
Aged in jarres and oak barrels; sur lattes 24+ months; all riddling is done by hand and Alexandre will do "poignettage". Unfined and unfiltered; disgorged by hand according to the lunar calendar on April 2, 2023; <10 mg/L total SO2, zero dosage
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
Biodynamic
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Medium Bodied
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