2018 Champagne Pertois-Moriset Barbonne-Fayel

WINEMAKER: Cécile & Vincent Bauchet
REGION: Champagne, FR
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: Organic

This mono-village Vintage Champagne from Barbonne-Faye in the Côte de Sezanne (you might know this village from Ulysse Collin ‘Les Maillons’) is 100% Pinot Noir. Malolactic fermentation is blocked. Vinification is 80% in stainless steel and 20% in foudre. It spends 3 years in bottle on lees and is two grams dosage.

Wonderful deep red and black fruits come from the glass. This is backed by spice, smokeand nutty complexity. The palate is full, up front, with wonderfully integrated acidity. Champagne for a character and class.

Located in Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne Pertois-Moriset has been, from its beginnings an independent family-run estate that produces wine of the highest order! The history of the family business began with the marriage between Yves Pertois and Janine Moriset, son and daughter of two former wine-growing families of the Côte des Blancs. In 1951, the couple decided to create the winery, Pertois-Moriset, which continued its development when their son Dominique and his wife Florence joined them. Today, it is their granddaughter Cécile and her husband Vincent who currently manage the property. The vineyard has a surface area of 18.60 hectares and is distributed in two areas: The Côte des Blancs, of approximately 12 hectares of Grand Cru Chardonnay in the legendary villages of Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Cramant and Chouilly. In addition to this they have land in the Coteaux Sézannais, of approximately 6.50 hectares, with around 60 % Pinot Noir and 40 % Chardonnay.