Champagne Hervé Dubois Brut Réserve Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

Our tasting impressions We are loving this Blanc de Blancs from Hervé and Nina. The Grand Cru grapes combined with the Dubois' meticulous handling and signature style result in a sophisticated and highly compelling Champagne with loads of class. The flavors are pure, delineated, crisp and bright. About this wine This non-vintage Brut Blanc de Blancs is composed of Chardonnay from Grand Cru vineyards planted in the 1980’s. Best plots in Avize make up 85%,with the rest from Oger and Cramant. The soil is chalk. Eighty percent of it is 2017 grapes blended with 20% reserve wine. Vinified in steel tank and only 50% malolactic fermentation permitted. Aged up to 4 years. There is a light filtration prior to bottling. Dosage is 6.5 g/L. About the grape Chardonnay is the most popular wine variety in the the US. Winemakers love the green-skinned grape as well because it’s so easy to grow and adaptive to many different production techniques. Grown everywhere, Chardonnay’s greatest expressions are widely believed to come from Burgundy. Indeed, this is believed to be where the grape originated. Chablis, in Northern Burgundy and Champagne also offer superlative examples of Chardonnay.