100% Pinot NoirDosage 0g/lMatured in 600 litre oak barrelsBottle ageing: 2 yearsEach parcel is vinified separately, spontaneous fermentation, no filtration
100% Pinot Noir, Dosage: 0g/l
Similar plots, comparable soils with the same orientation (expos. south) are combined to reflect the terroir aube.
Each parcel is vinified separately. Fermentation and maturation spontaneously with own yeasts in large neutral French oak barrels.
Bottle maturation: 24 months
Without filtration and dosage.
100% Pinot Noir
Dosage 0g/l
The vines grow on a demeter-certified 3.5 hectare plot, oriented to the southwest on so-called Kimmeridgian soil in Biaunes and Vouette.
Average age of the vines: 40-50 years
The unbranched vines are pressed with a traditional Coquard press and fermented in 400 and 228 liter wooden vats without the addition of yeast.
After fermentation, the wine remains in the barrel on its lees for up to 10 months, during which time it undergoes malolactic fermentation.
Approx. 95% from one year with a Minimum share of a perpetual reserve (start 2001)
The champagne is bottled unfiltered and without dosage.
Peter Liem: The primary wine of the estate is a blanc de noirs called Fidèle, made entirely of pinot noir and almost exclusively from Kimmeridgian soils in Biaunes and Vouette. It’s largely composed of a single year, with just three to seven percent of reserve wine, stored in a perpetual blend (a sort of mini-solera) started in 2001.
100% ChardonnayDosage: 0g/l
The grapes for the Cuvée Les Grandes Lignes (100% Chardonnay) come from the Sorbée region in Buxières-sur-Arce.
The 0.4 hectare plot is located on a plateau with a lot of lime in the soil and relatively little clay, which is otherwise typical of the Aube.
Fermentation and maturation spontaneously with own yeasts in large neutral French oak barrels.
Bottle maturation: 24 months
Production: only 3,000 bottles
100% ChardonnayDosage: 0g/l
"Les Passagers" is the name given to cuvées that will only be produced once and only occasionally.The Fiole vineyard is located in Ville-sur-Arce, on a north-facing hill with Kimmeridge soils. Fermentation and maturation spontaneously with own yeasts in large neutral French oak barrels.
Bottle maturation: 24 months
100% Chardonnay
Dosage: 0g/l
Peter Liem: In 2004, Gautherot began bottling a pure chardonnay called Blanc d’Argile, from the Biaunes vineyard. The vines here are young, having been planted in 2000, and unlike Vouette, which faces south, Biaunes has a western exposure, meaning that the grapes take a long time to ripen. Yields tend to be very low (a mere 15 hl/ha in 2004, resulting in only 1,100 bottles being produced), as Gautherot prunes the chardonnay here to only five bunches per vine, and this is well-reflected in the ample, mouth-filling character of this wine.