Champagne Tarlant La Vigne Royale 2003

Champagne Tarlant La Vigne Royale 2003

Cradle of the greatest Pinots Noirs of Champagne, Celles-lès-Condé is at the confluence of the Dhuys and the Surmelin, the favourite terroir of the court of the Kings of France. On these great sunny hillsides with perilous slopes rises the La Vigne Royale ploughed by the maternal grandfather, Maurice Boiselle, to cultivate the Pinot Noir.

 96/100 Parker

Cellaring : 2020 - 2031

By Stephan Reinhardt in 2021 : "Disgorged in June 2013, the Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs 2003 La Vigne Royale comes from a southeast-facing plot of pinot noir planted on lutetian limestone with lignite in the 1980s. The bouquet is pure, fresh and intense, with great finesse and elegance and superb sweet cherry fruit intermingled with iodine aromas. The palate is tight, pure and saline, very fresh and long, with great mineral tension and finesse. Is it really a 2003? This is a fabulous champagne, eternally young and never ending."

× PLACE : "Mocque Tonneau

× SOIL: Hard limestone of the Lutetian

× VILLAGE: Celles-lès-Condé, Marne Valley

× SLOPE: 33% with a southern exposure, sculpted by the confluence of the Surmelin and Dhuys rivers

× ALTITUDE: 170 meters

× AGE OF THE VINEYARD: Massal selection planted in 1991 by Maurice Boiselle and Jean-Mary Tarlant

× VINE GROWING: Minimal soil disturbance with total grassing of the vine. Plant studies, herbotherapy applications. Pruning Cordon de Royat method Poussard. Green manure and natural fertilization.

× GRAPE VARIETIES : 100 % Pinot Noir

× HARVEST: early in the morning of September 5, 2003

× TRADITIONAL VINIFICATION: Soft pressing by gravity. First spontaneous fermentation in Burgundy oak barrels. 7 months on the lees of the harvest. No induced malolactic. No filtration or clarification.

× BOTTLE UP: May 5, 2004

× DEGORGEMENT: 13 years and 10 months of aging on the lees in the bottle, March 26, 2018

× DOSAGE: 0 g/L Brut Nature

× PRODUCTION: 1500 bottles

Color: Deep gold. The bubble is delicate and lively.

Nose: Character and personality are expressed on fruity, racy and empyreumatic notes.

Palate: The wine is caressing, juicy and fleshy. One finds the energy and power of the Pinot Noir of Mocque Tonneau.

Food & Wine pairing: A complex and vibrant champagne that will go perfectly with sweet and savoury dishes such as a Peking duck accompanied by its caramelised apples.