Le Chemin des Goësses - Biparcellaire vieilles vignes 1er Cru - Extra Brut
The vintage
- Extra Brut without a vintage - Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, blend of years, perpetual cuvée since 2022 - Reserve 50% (reserve + base = double the bottling quantity).
Location
- Tours-sur-Marne is located in the Great Valley of the Marne, bordering Tauxières-Mutry and Bouzy. This hillside occupies a strategic position at the crossroads of three major Champagne wine regions: to the West the Marne Valley, to the North the Montagne de Reims, and to the East the extension of the Côte des Blancs. - Tauxières is located in the Great Montagne de Reims. The municipality connects prestigious terroirs such as Bouzy and Louvois, and is part of a transitional zone towards the villages of the Marne Valley (such as Tours-sur-Marne).
Terroir
- Tours-sur-Marne (classified as Grand Cru) is exposed to the South - Southeast, the soil is composed of clay and increasingly surfacing chalk at higher altitudes. - Tauxières (Classified as 1st Cru) presents an alternation of pure chalk bands and marl bands (clay-limestone), which creates a mosaic of micro-terroirs that can differentiate neighboring plots.
In the vineyard
- Sustainable viticulture: High Environmental Value and Sustainable Viticulture certifications in Champagne (organic fertilizers, cover crops, and other agroecological techniques) - Old vines are no longer uprooted but interplanted to preserve the genetic potential.
Harvest
- Manual harvesting
- Sorting in the vineyard if necessary
- White crates to lower the temperature of the grapes
Winemaking
- Traditional pressing, juice fractionation
- 4-hour flotation settling (limitation of impurity infusion)
- Fermentation thermoregulation at 18°C.
- Fermentation in tanks adapted to the volumes of the fractions.
Ageing
- Fine lees fermentation conservation - Stainless steel tanks to avoid external aromas - Malolactic degradation for wine development - Bottling in July when wines are mature - Tank and bottle stock rotation of about 3.5 years.
Varietals
Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Specifications
Alcohol content : 12.5 % vol.
Production volume : 2000
Surface area of the vineyard : 0.7398 ha
Age of vines : 64 years old
Contains sulphites.
Ingredients & nutrition ›
Serving
Consumption temperature: 13°C
Aging potential: 2/4 years
