2018 Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Les Ursules

WINEMAKER: Cédric Bouchard
REGION: Champagne, FR
VARIETAL: Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

100% Pinot Noir from the .9 hectare lieu-dit of Les Ursules. It’s a relatively flat vineyard just down the road from Bouchard’s cellar, vines are planted in 1974. Some magnums are produced and imported of this wine, but in minute quantities. 250-300 cases produced annually.

One parcel, one variety, one vintage, this is the essence of Bouchard’s philosophy. Early on he produced wines under a label called Inflorescence, this no longer exists. The vines that bore the first for these wines, came from Cédric’s father, who had a very different approach. He now owns these vineyards and farms them in the same way as all the other Roses de Jeanne wines. The estate is named with homage to his Polish grandmother, Janika.

Roses de Jeanne parcels are trained in Cordon du Royal for pinot noir and Chablis for chardonnay, and are always harvested exceptionally low, at 4,000 kg/ha (26 hl/ha). This helps deliver the extreme concentration, minerality and precision found in Cédric’s wines.