Champagne Brut Nature
Blanc de Blancs 2020

The Champagne Blanc de Blancs by Rémi Leroy is one of the most refined and surprising interpretations of Chardonnay in the Côte des Bar. It comes from Meurville, in the southern part of Champagne, where the vines grow on clay-limestone soils of mainly Kimmeridgian origin, with a share of Portlandian marl that gives the wine a subtle and profound minerality. The vigneron’s work relies on moderate yields, hand pruning, natural grass cover and measured soil cultivation, in an artisanal vision that puts precision and faithfulness to the terroir before any stylistic artifice.

This edition, Vintage 2020, comes from a warm and dry year marked by early ripening and perfectly healthy grapes, which gave wines of generous aromatic fullness supported by well-preserved freshness. Made solely from Chardonnay grapes, the wine undergoes vinification and fermentation entirely in oak barrels, with full malolactic fermentation and maturation on the fine lees with bâtonnage. After tirage, the wine ages on the lees for 36 months and is finished with no final dosage, in Brut Nature style, to enhance its purity, transparency and mineral depth.

On tasting, this Blanc de Blancs 2020 opens on the nose with elegant notes of almond paste, fresh butter and white flowers, joined by hints of candied citrus and a delicate mineral touch. On the palate it is fine and silky, with a delicate bead accompanying a balanced, fluid texture in which floral and honeyed accents intertwine with a precise saline freshness. The finish is long and harmonious, with a delicate, luminous persistence that confirms the rare finesse of this interpretation.