Oudiette Rosé d'Infusion Vendange 2020

98% Chardonnay 2% Meunier

From the individual layers:

"Les Gras d'Huile" - Chardonnay - south-east exposure
"Les Cormonts" - Meunier - southern exposure

Dosage: 1g/l

Maxime: The Rosé d'Infusion started with a simple idea: to transfer the method of tea infusion to winemaking. After pressing, we wait for the Chardonnay juices to ferment and then we pick the most beautiful Meunier grapes from the “Les Cormonts” plot. The Meunier grapes are then carefully destemmed by hand to avoid damaging the seeds. Then we pour the Meunier grapes into the Chardonnay must. From then on, we control the infusion several times a day through blind tastings to assess the taste; the color intensity is irrelevant here. Once the perfect balance is reached, we take out the Meunier grapes with a net: the Rosé d'Infusion is born and will finish its fermentation in oak barrels.

With indigenous yeasts

Batonnage: Only when the wine needs it

Liqueur de tirage: Wine from the Cuvée Rosé d'Infusion brewed with organic raw sugar.

Dosage liqueur: Identical to Tirage liqueur but aged in Magnum for 18 months.

Vinification and aging: Every year in barrels from the Tonnellerie de Champagne and François Frère. New kegs 20%, second fill kegs 20%, fifth fill kegs 60%. Aging of 9 months on the fine lees

Sulphurisation: no sulphurisation during harvest to facilitate the work of native yeasts. After the alcoholic fermentation, a sulphurization of 2gr/hl is applied.

Nikola OCT24: Moves me, although it's difficult to say exactly what it is. Perhaps the balance of freshness, flavour and this hidden profundity that Maxime also exudes. Rosehip tea, has something so sublime about it.

Fabio OCT24: Not particularly fruity, but light red berries, super elegant and fine, profound, high complexity, super balance, very good! 

Tilman OCT24: Fresh, but not crisp, rather elegant, has real depth and structure, unusual dark flavour for Meunier, mineral-salty.