Wine information
The Les Hautes Chèvres site is located halfway up the slope above the village of Cumières. The Argilo-Calcaire soil provides the basis for Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier. The 2013 Les Hautes Chèvres but has become a pure Pinot Meunier champagne, which comes from plots planted in 1930 and 1971. Since 1971, Laval has been working purely organically. The Meunier was aged in used barrels for over ten months and lay for four years. sur lattesuntil it was disgorged on 13 November 2017. 1,500 bottles were bottled.
Color
light platinum, lively mousseux
Nose
Vincent Laval has been revered by champagne purists for many years. The 2013s Les Hautes Chèvres shows why this is so. The champagne is a terroir wine par excellence. Old, even oldest Pinot Meunier vines, deeply rooted in the Argilo-Calcaire soil above the Marne, provide intensity and purism that are second to none. This is already evident on the nose, where the finest notes of citrus fruits and red, acidic berries meet lime and dry herbs.
Mouth
The palate reveals the extreme power and density of this champagne, but only with the help of a Burgundy swivel and with hours in the air. At the moment, this purist can be caraffed or put into the cellar for at least the next two to five years or even longer. If one gives him time and air, then he thanks this with a wonderful intensity of red currants, pomegranate and barberry, in addition something of pear, citrus fruit and dry herbs. The champagne is immensely complex, but above all pure, punchy with mercilessly fresh acidity and zero grams of dosage.
Food recommendations by Christoph Raffelt
- Norway lobster and scallop with celery foam and Szechuan pepper
- Smoked haddock with caviar and rattes potatoes
- Baked celery with Périgord truffle and Albufera sauce
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Residual sweetness | ■□□□□ |
Allergens | Contains sulfur |
Acid | 6,7 g/l |
Drinking temperature | 11° |
Manufacturer | Champagne Georges Laval, 16 ruelle du Carrefour, 51480 Cumieres / France, Organic certificate: FR-BIO-01 |