Domaine Les Monts FournoisDomaine les Monts Fournois, Vallée, Mareuil/Aÿ Premier Cru

Domaine Les Monts Fournois

Domaine les Monts Fournois, Vallée, Mareuil/Aÿ Premier Cru

Le Domaine les Monts Fournois is presenting here this cuvée after a rigorous and precise search for the best terroirs of Premier and Grand Crus in Champagne. With these wines they would like to highlight the real expression of a terroir, a varietal and a vintage. These Crus have been sélectionnés by winemaker Juliette Alips and her cousins Raphaël & Vincent Bérêche.

The town of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ is a neighbor of the town of Aÿ, located at the Marne River, south of Montagne de Reims. The majority of vineyards are located on south facing slopes planted mainly to Pinot Noir. Mareuil is generally considered to be the best premier cru village.

Region: Champagne

Appellation: Vallée de la Marne

Sub-Appellation: Champagne AOP

Varietal Composition: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier

Aging: After Juliette and her cousins select the cuvée by blind tasting with a broker, the family will purchase the entire lot of Champagne from the producer. This wine is a blend of 70% Pinot Noir 20% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Meunier and was aged 7 years on the lees. Juliette then proceeds with a series of disgorgement and liqueur de tirage trials in the cellar using Rectified Concentrated Must (RCM) for its homogenous and neutral flavors, in order to highlight the terroir. Once the dosage has been made, the samples will return to the cellar for 6 months before being released to the market.

Alcohol: 12.5%

This terroir of mid-Coast Mareuil sur Aÿ and Aÿ ensures good development of the fruit. Great elegance, with structure and fine complexity of the Pinot Noir. Fine notes of vine shoot fire, soft spice, noble pepper, and dry fruits. Beautiful testimony of Pinot Noir from clay and chalk soil. A wine of fullness and structure, this Non-Vintage de Luxe answer to its rank as a solar Premier and Grand Cru of the Marne Valley.