Roederer Blanc De Blancs Champagne

STYLE: A fresh and contrasting year marked by a particularly cold winter with heavy frosts followed by a dry and cool spring and early summer. A shocking climatic turnaround in August and September with two very wet and humid months which complicated ripening at the end of the season. Only a few south-facing plots and vines with very few grapes achieved satisfactory ripening. 2010 is a contrasting vintage between the fragility of the Pinot sorted very carefully and the triumph of some great Chardonnays on the Co;te des Blancs! ELABORATION: 100% Chardonnay 20% of the wine vinified in oak casks no malolactic fermentation. The Blanc de Blancs 2010 cuvee has been drawn off at low pressure to ensure a fuller richer flow of bubbles. The wine is aged for 5 years in the cellars and left for a minimum of 6 months after disgorging to attain the perfect maturity. The dosage is 9 g/l. TASTING: A yellow-gold colour with subtle green tints. Subtle and smooth effervescence. An intense b