Marguet Le Parc Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs 2020
£107.32 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland
Features
Style
Occasions
Appellation
Alcohol
12.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Fermented and aged in French oak barrels. Minimum ageing of 48 months in bottle before disgorgement.
Description
In the heart of Ambonnay, one of the noblest villages in the Montagne de Reims, Benoît Marguet decided to give life to a plot of land that others had forgotten. Marguet Le Parc Grand Cru, a clos of just 1.37 hectares, planted entirely with Chardonnay in 1982, became his most intimate project. There, on soils of coarse sand and pure chalk, exposed to the East and with no other limit than his conviction, a biodynamic Champagne is born from a single vineyard, a single vintage and a single vision: that of letting the land speak. For Benoît Marguet, biodynamics is not a technique, but a way of life: horses work the land, lunar cycles dictate the times, and minimal intervention in the cellar seeks to preserve the vineyard's energy in every drop.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand in small boxes. The grapes that make Marguet Le Parc Grand Cru are fermented with indigenous yeasts in used oak barrels. There are no inoculations, no corrections, no make-up. Malolactic fermentation is allowed, and the wine rests on fine lees for more than 9 months before tirage. It then undergoes secondary fermentation in the bottle, where it remains on its lees for at least 30 months, developing complexity and texture. Bottling is done without clarification or filtration, and disgorging, by hand, is done without the addition of expedition liqueur: Brut Nature. There are no added sugars or unnecessary sugars -when there are, they are minimal-. Only purity. Only terroir.
Taste
Marguet Le Parc Grand Cru Grand Cru is a Champagne of tension and depth. The nose opens with tense citrus fruits - pink grapefruit, lemon zest - followed by white fruits such as pear and quince. There are notes of dried flowers, lemon thyme, fresh basil and a vibrant chalkiness that defines its profile. On the palate, it is vertical, with a straight acidity and sharp salinity reminiscent of wet chalk after rain. The bubbles are fine, perfectly integrated, and the texture is enveloping but sharp. An uncompromising wine, vibrating with electric energy, closer to a great white Burgundy than a conventional Champagne.
Shipping to North Ireland
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| Bottles | Price | Over £352.66 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6 | £11.37 | £5.69 (-£5.69) |
| 7-12 | £15.43 | £7.71 (-£7.71) |
| 13-18 | £21.60 | £10.80 (-£10.80) |
| 19-24 | £29.53 | £14.77 (-£14.77) |
| 25-30 | £34.30 | £17.15 (-£17.15) |
| 31-36 | £38.35 | £19.18 (-£19.18) |
| 37-42 | £46.29 | £23.14 (-£23.14) |
| 43-48 | £50.69 | £25.35 (-£25.35) |
| 49-54 | £57.26 | £28.63 (-£28.63) |
| 55-60 | £61.54 | £30.77 (-£30.77) |
| VAT included | ||
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