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Cuvée D'Orient

Brut Millésimé

A chance to transform small everyday actions into pure pleasure rituals. It is a journey through historic flavours, unknown places and lost civilisations, conjuring up magical summer nights with the warm winds which bring with them far off, exotic and mysterious aromas and evocations.

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Main features

  • Grape varieties:

    50% Chardonnay + 50% Pinot Noir

  • Area of provenance:

    Vallée de la Marne and Côte des Blancs
    Vines from two of the most important terroirs for their respective grape type, alternating prevalently chalk with typically clay soils. This mixture gives the wine a unique whole of aromas and flavours.

  • Alcoholic fermentation:

    Takes place entirely in steel tanks.

  • Malolactic fermentation:

    Yes

  • Ageing:

    60 months on the yeasts

  • Dosage:

    6 gr/l

  • Alcohol:

    12%

  • Serving temperature:

    8-10°C

  • Tasting notes:

    Appearance: Intense golden yellow, crystalline transparency with luminous highlights. Extremely fine, light mousse resulting from an infinity of micro bubbles which link up into a warm embrace.
    Bouquet: an aggressive, high impact nose, noble, rich and fruity, enhanced by notes of nuts and dried and fresh fruit and marron glacé. Finely charred ebony and Oriental wood sensations, dark and elegant floweriness. Marked spiciness, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
    Palate: continually evolving palate with an emerging warm, persistent but never excessive or unpleasant acidity. A complex wine both sweetly fruity and spicy at the same time. The Oriental woods which are so tangible on the nose are perfectly reflected on the palate together with smoky, tobacco sensations. Stale bread crust, butter and custard temper all these powerful sensations.

  • Food pairing suggestions:

    A gourmet champagne for lovers of powerful, complex sensations, an experience to live slowly and passionately. It is at its best with foie gras on its own, with toast and with slow cooked escalope. It accompanies it with its complex creaminess, exalting aromas without ever concealing them. It is also excellent without food as a contemplative wine for a unique experience with special friends or alone.