Jacques Lassaigne Le Cotet
100% Chardonnay
Dosage: 0g/l
10-20% reserve wines from up to 4 vintages
Vinification: 70% in steel, 30% in oak
Unfiltered and unfined
The vineyards are all located at Montgueux, between the Côte des Blancs and the Côte des Bar in the very south of Champagne, on a chalk cliff. Le Cotet is a small plot facing east that Jacques Lassaigne planted between 1964 and 1967. Since 1999, his son Emmanuel Lassaigne has been vinifying the wines on 4.7 hectares of his own property and 1.5 hectares of purchased grapes from trusted winemakers that meet Emmanuel's quality standards. The chalk soil is already fully developed 10 cm below the surface. The average age of the vines is 49 years, no use of pesticides or other chemicals, Guyot vines, late manual harvesting when the grapes are optimally ripe, soft pressing in a traditional basket press, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation on the lees, of which 1/3 in barriques and 2/3 in stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation is not avoided, no sulphurisation until bottling, ageing on the lees for 12-14 months depending on the vintage in partly new and used barrels, The base wines are bottled without fining and filtration. Bottle fermentation sur lattes of 3 to 4 years, then by hand à la volée.
| Alkoholgehalt: | 12,5% |
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| Art: | Weißer Champagner |
| Charakter: | Puristisch & Analytisch |
| Dosage: | Zero Dosage / Brut Nature |
| Flaschengröße/Inhalt: | 0,75l. |
| Herstelleradresse: | Champagne Jacques Lassaigne, 7 Chemin des Haies, 10300 Montgueux, Frankreich |
| Ort: | Montgueux |
| Pot. Allergene: | Enthält Sulfite |
| Rebsorten: | 100% Chardonnay, Blanc de Blancs |
| Region: | Côte des Bar |
| Taste: | Frisch, Straight, Vielschichtig und komplex |
| Weinbezeichnung: | Champagner |
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