CHAMPAGNE PIERRE PAILLARD 'LIEU DIT LES MOTTLETTES BOUZY' BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU EXTRA BRUT 2020

CHAMPAGNE PIERRE PAILLARD 'LIEU DIT LES MOTTLETTES BOUZY' BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU EXTRA BRUT 2020Antoine and Quentin Paillard farm Les Mottelettes, a single lieu dit at the base of Bouzy's south facing Grand Cru slope, under certified organic viticulture. Chalk and clay soils anchor Chardonnay vines planted in 1961, giving the fruit a density unusual for Champagne's Marne Valley. Fermented on ambient yeasts in 350 liter barrels with full malolactic fermentation, then aged 48 months on the lees before disgorgement at 3g L, the wine is bottled

Antoine and Quentin Paillard farm Les Mottelettes, a single lieu-dit at the base of Bouzy's south-facing Grand Cru slope, under certified organic viticulture. Chalk-and-clay soils anchor Chardonnay vines planted in 1961, giving the fruit a density unusual for Champagne's Marne Valley. Fermented on ambient yeasts in 350-liter barrels with full malolactic fermentation, then aged 48 months on the lees before disgorgement at 3g/L, the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. The 2020 opens with lemon curd, white peach, and brioche, and finishes with chalk-dusted minerality and a long, mouth-coating richness.