Champagne Salima & Alain Cordeuil
Les Charmottes 2015

Champagne Les Charmottes by Salima & Alain Cordeuil is the result of blending 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay from the best grapes of the 35-year-old vines of the Les Charmottes parcel (lieu-dit) located in Noé-les-Malletts village . Harvest 2015, no final dosage for this fresh and structured Champagne.

Golden yellow colour, with a slight straw yellow hue. Bright and quite dense. The bubbles are fine. The nose is fruity of fresh pear, red apple, plum, cherry, and citrus like grapefruit and lemon; acacia flower, honeysuckle. The palate is fresh and clean. Creamy effervescence, fruity, pulpy and crunchy; good acidity and balanced marly-calcareous minerality that gives frankness, chewiness and length to the palate. Rich and melting ensemble offering a taut and refined, rocky finish.

Champagne Salima & Alain Cordeuil

Four hectares in the Côte des Bar for Domaine Salima & Alain Cordeuil, husband and wife who, since 2011, have been making their own Champagne, producing around 10,000 bottles a year. The philosophy of the Domaine is to transmit all the power of their land, respecting organic farming and giving their wines as much natural imprint as possible. All the vineyards and wines have been certified organic since 2015; the wines are produced naturally with strictly spontaneous fermentation and there is no or very little use of sulphur dioxide.

Salima & Alain Cordeuil attach great importance to time and the natural cycle, and this vision is reflected in all stages of production. The vines are given time to regenerate after the harvest, thus respecting their vegetative rest; the grapes are given time to ripen, to fill with sugar, to be harvested at the best time and to offer musts with a good balance, always naturally, thanks to the indigenous yeasts. Time for the wines to mature for a long time on their lees so that they can reflect their terroir and climate; time for the cuvées to age in the cellar, at least 4-5 years, to express all their character and vintage.