Champagne Dehours - Lieu Dit "Brisefer" RP NV

Champagne Dehours - Lieu Dit "Brisefer" RP NVThis single sight "Brisefer" offers a fine, maturing nose of baked apples and pears, lemon curd and toasted almond. The Brisefer Extra Brut is from a vineyard planted entirely to chardonnay, from the bottom of a gentle slope, planted between 1966 and 1992. The vineyard is east facing with clay soil which has leeched out most of its limestone. Our grandfather, pioneer of grower champagne, saw that this was a perfect plot for champagne and used it for

with an array of citrus and orchard fruit

so that the wine can express its terroir as much as possible

The Mont de Milieu vineyard is more than 45 years old and 20% of the wine is matured in 600 litre oak barrels to add subtle richness

the tannins being fully folded in to the beguiling fruit

All these aromatics are so vibrant and inviting – it’s just differences in the generosity and ripeness of the citrus fruit – here generous and ripe

slightly smoky tannins

The vines are old and produce a stunning wine

Drink now or keep up until 2025+

It is ready to drink if decanted for 30 minutes before service and could age another five to seven years

Drink from 2027-2029

marking the beginning of a mile-long gravelly strip that continues into Saint-Émilion

This Bourgogne Chardonnay Grandes Gouttes is fresh with subtle fruits