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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.
What importer Polaner Selections has to say about this wine...
VARIETAL NOTES100% Pinot MeunierORGANICCertifiedBIODYNAMICPracticingVINEYARD1.70 hectares parcel of Pinot Meunier located in Fossoy on the western edge of the Vallee de la Marne.SOILlimestoneVITICULTUREOrganically farmed Pinot Meunier, 1.7 hectares farmed biodynamically. A quarter of the property is worked with a horse named Violette.VINIFICATIONVinified in oak barrels, many of which are made from trees from the surrounding Fossoy forest. No malo, unfined and unfiltered.AGINGAged in oak barrels, then sur lattes in bottle for 36-40 months, 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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Style
Crisp , Elegant , Minerally
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Light Bodied
Champagne
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