NV Champagne Labruyère Blanc de Noirs Paradoxe (2014 base)

Champagne Labruyère

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Blanc de Noirs from 100% Pinot Noir grown on various parcels on the mid-slope on the Verzenay grand cru. The base harvest is 2014. 20% of the blend is reserve wines, mostly from 2013. The wine was tiraged in 2015 and aged on lees for a period two times superior to appellation requirements. Disgorged 2018 and 2019 (see back label). Dosage 1.6g/L.
The wine is gold with dazzling pink and copper reflections. The powerful and complex nose is marked by notes of cherry, red berries and plum. With a little air, notes of acacia, liquorice and toast emerge. The palate is elegant and structured. The Verzenay terroir with its deep soil expresses all its power in this Pinot Noir. The 2014 harvest is perfectly evoked with great tension featuring red fruits, cherry, liquorice and mint. Very persistent, warm on the finish with a beautiful touch of salinity.

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About Champagne Labruyère

Labruyère Champagne Grand Cru is the relatively young enterprise of top-flight French vignerons, the Labruyère family. The estate has almost 6 hectares located in Verzenay and Verzy, with holdings comprising 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. In 1873, an unofficial ranking placed Verzenay among the top three crus in Champagne, which is why the Labruyères settled upon this village on the glorious Montagne de Reims for their Champagne adventure. Edouard Labruyère chose to apply in Verzenay the same techniques as in Meursault, both in the cellar and vineyard. Since 2012 he’s been working with Vincent Van Waesberghe, chef de cave and chef de vigne, and Nadine Gublin, oenologist from Domaine Jacques Prieur. The team picks a little later than most growers, works only with the cuvée and sends all base wines through malolactic conversion - making for a pure, profound and powerful style of Champagne.

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Nadine has been oenologist at the Labruyère family's Burgundy estate Domaine Jacques Prieur's since 1990. She has been technical manager there since 2009, when she also took the same role at Domaine Labruyère in Moulin-à-Vent. Well-known among fine wine enthusiasts for many years, in 1998 she was name Best French Winemaker by the highly respected Revue du Vin de France. She is an advocate of sustained farming, precise winemaking and optimal ripeness.