- Producer
- De Sousa
- Grape variety
- Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder)
- Region
- Champagne
- Country
- France
- Alcohol
- 12.5 % vol
- Volume
- 0.75 l
- Item no.
- 9920502051
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Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Édition Limitée
The Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Édition Limitée from De Sousa is a single-varietal Pinot Noir from Grand Cru vineyards in Ambonnay, vinified in oak barrels and bottled without dosage.
CHF 76.50
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About this wine
Character
A Champagne for a well-laid table. De Sousa doesn't push the Pinot Noir toward exuberance here, but toward texture: wine-driven, firm, without a trace of residual sweetness.
Terroir and origin
The grapes come 100 percent from Grand Cru vineyards in Ambonnay. The house is based in Avize, farms 9.5 hectares, and received organic certification in 2010 and Demeter certification in 2013. The Champagne aged in cellars carved into the chalk, which hold a constant 10 °C.
Grape variety and vinification
Single-varietal Pinot Noir. The base wines spent ten months in oak barrels; the house uses oak casks for texture and depth, not for oak aromas. On 17 July 2019 it was bottled unfiltered, with a possible natural deposit, for the second fermentation; disgorgement took place on 14 March 2023, with 0 grams dosage: Brut Nature. 12.5% ABV.
On the palate
On the nose, fine bread crust, citrus blossom, hazelnut and buttered, dark-roasted toast with lardo. The attack is wine-driven, the fine perlage sets the guardrails: roasted nuts and extract-rich red berry fruit, later butter and toast. A chalky, firm impression, with powdery-fine phenolics giving the mousse its shape. Large glasses are essential.
Food pairings
With muhammara, the spicy dip made from roasted pointed peppers and roasted walnuts. With pan-fried trout fillets with parsley, hazelnut and lemon zest pesto. And with rack of suckling pig under a walnut crust with lemon-parsley purée and shallot jus.
Special features
A limited bottling from biodynamically farmed Grand Cru vineyards: oak-barrel ageing, unfiltered bottling, zero dosage. The Demeter logo appears on the label.
