Cuvée Sobre Brut Nature, Dom. Vouette et Sorbée - 2011

Name: Cuvée Sobre Brut Nature, Dom. Vouette et Sorbée
Brand: Vouette et Sorbée
SKU: 43971
Price: 189.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 43971 750mL

This cuvée was first made in 2008 and is made entirely from Chardonnay. The primary wine is kept in cask for a year before bottling. After the second bottle fermentation, the wine aged on the lees for nearly 10 years before disgorgement. The inaugural vintage couldn't be from a greater year and especially one that can age for decades.

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Color

White

Vintage

2011

Country

France

Region

Champagne

Sub-Region

Côte des Bar

Producer

Vouette et Sorbée

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

Pinot Meunier

Pinot Noir

Limited Production: Only 1 bottle(s) per customer

Production Methods

Organic

Biodynamic

Wine made from grapes grown organically using natural composting techniques and special preparations of herbal sprays while following the astronomical calendar.

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Staff Pick Notes

Persauded by the great Anselme Selosse, Vouette et Sorbée's Bertrand Gautherot has ushered in biodynamically farmed sparklers in his corner of Aube. He works with 5 hectares located in the village of Buxières-sur-Arce in the Aube's Côte des Bar, just a ways northeast of Chablis. His parcels consist of Kimmeridgian marls capped by Portlandian limestone, encapsulating the mineral presence of its pristine Burgundian neighbor. This brut nature offering from Gautherot is full of tension, with acidity streaking across the palate and extreme freshness throughout. Although one might expect fruit-dominant character from a Champagne, this was so umami driven: tomato, pesto, clove, mint, and all the autolysis one could ask for. I paired this with a ramp gnocchi and a msubi platter among other things. This wine is almost a meal in itself.

- JOS

About the Producer

Buxière-sur-Arce, Champagne, France Bertrand Gautherot is dedicated to the exclusive production of mono-varietal champagne at his family estate of Vouette et Sorbée. Located in the village of Buxière-sur-Arce, the estate consists of four hectares of meticulously tended vineyards that are on average 21 years old. A devotee of natural production and protégé of Anselme Selosse, Bertrand has been...

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