Agrapart ‘Terroirs’ Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne NV

JS96 Very pure and fragrant, with attractive aromas of bread and fresh hazelnuts, cashew nuts, light lemons and grapefruit. The palate has a scintillatingly pure, grapefruit and dry-lemon core, and a chalky, fresh-pear and lime finish. Superb freshness! A very restrained blend of four Grand Cru parcels of 20 to 50-year-old vines and a blend of 2013 (60 per cent) and 2014 (40 per cent). Drink or hold.
Estate Notes: Non-vintage blend of têtes de cuvée from terroirs in Avize, Oger, Cramant and Oiry.  A fine, elegant, yet powerful Champagne…dare we say a “poor mans’s Clos de Mesnil”?
SOIL: Limestone and clay. VITICULTURE: Practicing organic; use of high quality organic composte for the soils and vines; all fruit is hand-harvested. VINIFICATION: Natural yeast fermented; 100% malo; aged sur lie for 3+ years; 25% of wine aged in older 600L casks; manual riddling; 5 gr/l dosage, SO2 50 mg/l. AGING: 25% aged in older 600L casks, the rest in tank; sur lie 36-48 months; manual riddling; bottled unfiltered; 5 grams/liter dosage.SO2 50 mg/liter. PRODUCTION: Extremely limited
100% Grand Cru Chardonnay holdings from Avize and its neighbors.