Coteaux Champenois Rouge Les Oubliées 1993 Bruno Michel 75 cl

Description

History

Bruno Michel founded the maison that bears his name in 1980, after years of study and training, following only criteria of organic cultivation and respect for the vines and their fruits. In 1985 his wife Catherine also began to cultivate the same passion; the maison is located in Pierry, a few kilometers from Epernay, in the Marne Valley. The properties extend for 12 hectares consisting of 35 parcels, 50% cultivated with Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Meunier and the remainder with Pinot noir. The champagnes are rigorously assembled on site, in quarries dug in the chalk-limestone caves, where the refinement phase is also carried out; the latter are ideal places for the conservation of champagnes due to the constant humidity present in the latter.

Grapes used

Pinot Meunier 100%

Production method

The grapes have always been harvested manually following the principles of biodynamics. The wine ferments and then ages for 3 months in wooden barrels and for 3 months in steel. The wine then aged for 27 years (!) in the cellars of the maison in order to slowly mature and develop the aromas that distinguish it.

Alcohol content

12,5%

Tasting notes

Ruby red color with garnet rim. On the nose notes of ripe red fruit, raisins, dried figs and dehydrated orange, with spicy notes of black pepper, cloves and vanilla. Very broad and mature on the palate, with formidable freshness.

Possible combinations

Meditation wine, which grandly expresses the great minerality and vocation of Pierry’s lands for refinement even over the course of many years; already from the choice of this company to put this wine on the market after 27 years of aging it gives us a clear message. Beyond this, it is a wine that is now beginning its true evolutionary path. Excellent to combine with tasty and/or aged cheeses or with red meat or game dishes.