100% Chardonnay from the plot le Bourron du Levant in Grand Cru Cramant
Vieilles Vignes de Levant Extra Brut is a vintage cuvee produced from the oldest Grand Cru vines in the village of Cramant - ranging from fifty to eighty year-old vines. Like the Terre de Vertus, it is a single vintage cuvée fermented in oak, rather than stainless steel, though in this case, it is a combination of large foudres and smaller Burgundy barrels that are used. The wine receives a very low dosage of two grams per liter prior to release. Kept in the cool cellars between 36-48 months, hand disgorged and aged an additional 6 months prior to release.
It offers a deep, intense, powerful and complex nose that reminds of great wines from Burgundy Rich, intense and endlessly juicy but also highly finessed and thus seemingly weightless, this is a very complex, persistently mineral and structured Cramant with great tension, finesse and generosity.