Champagne Remi Leroy - Extra Brut - Magnum
Rémi Leroy is an oenologist and agricultural engineer trained in Bordeaux in 2006. He operates the family estate of nearly 9 hectares located in Meurville in the Côte des Bar , in Champagne . The average age of the vineyard is 23 years and the grape variety is made up of a dominant Pinot Noir (70%) with Chardonnay and Meunier.
The harvest is moderate in volume (low Champagne yields) to obtain fruit that is ripe, healthy, and concentrated in aroma precursors and minerals. He uses a Champagne-made press combining modernity and gentle pressing. The grapes are pressed quickly after picking to limit the oxidation of the juices and therefore the use of SO2. Malolactic fermentation is carried out. Fermentation takes place in small steel vats and Burgundian oak barrels. Aging is done on lees (fine lees in vats, and more or less fine in barrels). Bottling takes place in the spring, and the bottles rest in the cellar for several months or several years longer than the regulatory minimum until they are disgorged. The very good overall maturity of the grapes allows a very low dosage, far from Champagne standards, on all the cuvées. The wines age again several months after disgorging.
This magnum of Extra-Brut Champagne is a blend of Pinot Noir (60%), Chardonnay (35%) and Meunier (5%) from the 2020 harvest vintage, with 30% reserve wine . The disgorgement took place in September 2022 and it is dosed at 2.5 g/L .
Grapes: 60% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 5% Meunier (+ 30% reserve wine)
