2018, Nature et Non Dose 1er Cru, Champagne Lelarge-Pugeot
Vinous 86 (2023)
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At a glance
- Grape
- Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50%
- Region
- Champagne, France
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Bone dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Salads, Poultry & Pork
Why this wine
No sugar added at any point, which strips away the softening most Champagne relies on and leaves the fruit and chalk fully exposed. Biodynamically farmed by a family working their own vines. Uncompromising, and not the bottle for a crowd.
Our advantages:
Description
How it tastes
Precise and chiselled, with invigorating citrus, crisp apple and a mineral undertow. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in equal parts, with no dosage at all.
The producer
Lelarge-Pugeot farm eight hectares across 42 parcels around the Premier Cru village of Vrigny, certified organic and worked biodynamically. This cuvée is made without additives, fermented in stainless steel on its own pied de cuve. Nothing is added to soften it.
Food and drinking
Good with seafood, salads and poultry & pork. Drinking well now, with a decade or more ahead of it. Serve at 8–10°C.