Champagne Pertois-Lebrun
Le Mont de Craie N°17

The Champagne Le Mont de Craie N°17 by Pertois-Lebrun is an elegant Blanc de Blancs, produced from four ancient vineyards (Lieux-Dits) over 40 years old, all planted with Chardonnay and located around the Grand Cru village of Cramant. The cuvée, the result of the 2017 vintage, was produced in a limited run of only 1,390 bottles. Vinification took place in steel tanks, followed by ageing on its lees for at least 6 years before dégorgement. Final dosage of 1 g/l - making it an Extra Brut.

The Champagne Le Mont de Craie N°17 has an extraordinary level of elegance and complexity. Delicate fruity and citrus notes stand out on the nose, harmoniously intertwined with more intense hints of yeast and honey. On the palate, it offers an explosion of ripe fruit flavours, supported by a very fine perlage that caresses the palate. The structure, solid and enveloping, is masterfully balanced by a lively acidity and marked minerality, typical of the terroir of origin. A masterpiece of balance and refinement.

Champagne Pertois-Lebrun

Pertois-Lebrun is the story of five generations of Vignerons. The Pertois family began to produce and market their own Champagne in the early 1900s, but it was only in 1955 - following the marriage of Paul Pertois and Françoise Lebrun, winemaker from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger - that the Pertois-Lebrun brand was born. When they retired, the Domaine was taken over by one of their daughters, Odile. Today, her grandchildren, Clément and his younger brother Antoine - the fifth generation - are both the real protagonists and continue the important family know-how. Together they devote themselves to the meticulous care of their 44 vineyard plots, a fantastic collection of plots, located in the highest villages - classified as Grand Cru - in the Côte des Blancs: Cramant, Mesnil, Oger, Chouilly and Oiry. In order to produce an excellent Champagne, they cultivate sustainably with an eye to respecting the vines and the entire microbiological life of the soil. In their vineyards, they allow and encourage the penetration of root networks into the subsoil and the underlying chalky terroir, so that the Chardonnay grapes can achieve a magnificent aromatic concentration and rich minerality, which is then exquisitely expressed in their Champagnes Blanc de Blancs.