2016 Gaston Chiquet 1er Cru Brut "Special Club", Champagne, France
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ABOUT THIS WINE
This cuvée consists of 68% Chardonnay and 32% Pinot Noir. The fruit come from the following vineyard sites:
38% Pinot Noir from Dizy 1er Cru (Griboury)
53% Dizy 1er Cru (20% Haut de Souchienne, 20% Veilots, 13% Crohaut Guillemoinel), and 15% Hautvillers 1er Cru (Lagrange, Croix Courcelles)
Élevage takes place entirely in stainless steel. The wine is aged sur latte for 90 months. The wine was disgorged in March 2024.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Nicolas Chiquet farms 23 hectares in the Valle de la Marne in the villages of Ay, Dizy, Hautvillers and Mareuil-sur-Ay. All of the fruit (including that which is used in the non-vintage cuvee) comes from premier and grand cru grapes. Nicolas does not employ any oak aging at Gaston Chiquet; he believes that concentration, fruit maturity and malolactic fermentation impart enough body and texture to make aging in barrel unnecessary.
The vineyards are planted to equal (forty percent each) parts chardonnay, pinot meunier and twenty percent are planted to pinot noir. Gaston-Chiquet also produces a vintage dated chardonnay from 5 parcels on the western side of the grand cru village of Ay. Usually recognized as a grand cru village for pinot noir, these vines of chardonnay were planted in Ay in the 1930s.
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| Grape(s) | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir |