Domaine Nowack Les Arpents Rouges Extra Brut Champagne, France [2021-2022]
Domaine Nowack Les Arpents Rouges Extra Brut Champagne, France [2021-2022]

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Domaine Nowack Les Arpents Rouges Extra Brut Champagne, France [2021-2022]

$124.00

Organic. 60% Meunier, 40% Chardonnay. The single-vineyard cuvée ‘Arpents Rouges’ is one of Nowack’s more progressive cuvées, where he pushes the boundaries of his own winemaking; vinification is done entirely in small barrels with a combination of spontaneous yeasts and selected yeasts from a friend or two in the Jura (transported in lees like a mother). The vineyard site is planted at the bottom of the Vandières slope at 50 meters, hence the bolded ‘Bas-coteau’ on the label; the vines were planted in 1987. Soils are heavier clay on top of grès, a specific sort of sandstone you’ll see in the Jura and Alsace. Nowack takes a particular interest in this site, as he mentions it’s very difficult for the vines to grow here with all the stones; berries on the vines are always tiny. Historically the vineyard was used to produce still red wine, hence the name Les Arpents Rouges. This release is a blend of the 2021 and 2022 harvests. The base wine is unfined, unfiltered, made with no added sulfur and without topping up; tirage is under cork with grape must (September 22, 2023). Aging is done in small oak barrels. 2.5 g/L dosage, disgorged January 2026.

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