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Champagne Extra Brut Quintette

Varietal
Chardonnay

Notes
VINEYARD: Jean-Marc’s only blanc de blancs, from five mature plantations in the Marne Valley, the Côte des Blancs, and Pierry. Vertus 1er Cru • La Justice planted in 1950 / Dizy 1er Cru • Moque-bou- teille planted in1985 / Epernay • Les Frileux planted in 1959 / Mardeuil • Les Basses Ronces planted in 1982 / Pierry 1er Cru • Les Tartières / Les Porgeons planted in 1990 and 1985

VINIFICATION: Approximately half the wine is raised in steel with natural malolactic fermentation, and half is raised in older barrels without ML. The cold stabilization is completed naturally, and there is neither fining nor filtration. In July, after a long, gentle aging following the harvest, the wine is blended with 30% Chardonnay from a solera (unlike the perpetual cuvée, the solera is replenished strictly with the new harvest) and goes into bottle to rest on its lees until it is disgorged. The lot number on the back is the base vintage.