Champagne Drappier Carte d'Or Brut NV

Carte d’Or expresses the identity of our house directed by the same family since 1808. In Urville, the heart of the Côte des Bar, we cultivate all that is natural and authentic in keeping with a great wine of Champagne.

TASTING

With a very high proportion of Pinot Noir one is savouring what is nearly a Blanc de Noirs. A Champagne of great aromatic richness. The taste begins with stone fruits such as white vineyard peaches. A spicy note emerges in a powerful and complex mouthfeel. A vinous Champagne of grand complexity, with a characteristic touch of quince jelly.

VINIFICATION

ASSEMBLAGE:

Pinot Noir 80%

Chardonnay 15%

Meunier 5%

VINIFICATION:

Limestone soil

Jurassic Kimmeridgian limestone and chalk

Press calibrated at low pressure

Only first pressing (the “Cuvée”)

Vinification by gravity

Natural settling

Malolactic fermentation

Non-filtered and not discoloured

AGING:

5% of the wines matured in oak casks

Reserve wines 40%

Very little sulphur

DOSAGE:

6,5 g/l

SERVICE

Ideal as an aperitif, with white meat, fish of firm character and texture, Chaource cheese.

Serve at 7 ºc.

"The real Drappiers’ know-how, almost a Blanc de Noirs, with quince notes."