Fleury, Extra Brut Millésime - 2002

Name: Fleury, Extra Brut Millésime
Brand: Fleury
SKU: 26319
Price: 344.99 USD
Availability: InStock

750 mL

Item # 26319

An excellent vintage and a re-release, directly from the Fleury estate. This champagne is made mostly from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Sixty percent of the base fermentation takes place in used oak barrels. After the second fermentation, the wine rests on the lees for well over 10 years before disgorgement. A stunner.

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Color

White

Vintage

2002

Country

France

Region

Champagne

Sub-Region

Côte des Bar

Producer

Fleury

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir

Chardonnay

Limited Production: Only 3 bottle(s) per customer

Production Methods

Biodynamic

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

Staff Pick Notes

Picture this: it's a winter morning, and you're sitting down for a breakfast prepared for you by someone you love. It's a bowl of creamy Greek yogurt, generously topped with baked apples and oatmeal, with a liberal drizzle of honey. It's also a little smoky. Now wake up - this is actually a glass of champagne you're drinking! Here you'll find a staggering depth and complexity that can only be achieved through a generous use of oak during primary fermentation, combined with several years of aging on the lees. The majority of fruit in here is old-vine Pinot Noir, which adds a lightly tart blueberry/citrus note that is well balanced by the lactic profile and undercurrent of lightning minerality. The wizards at Fleury, biodynamic pioneers of Champagne, have knocked this vintage Champagne out of the park.

- BB

About the Producer

Courteron, Côtes de Bar Champagne, France Champagne Fleury has been run by the Fleury family for over a century, with each generation contributing to its reputation for innovation. In 1901, Emile Fleury became the first grower in Champagne to replant Pinot Noir after phyloxerra. His son, Robert Fleury, then made the unusual decision to bottle his own champagne in 1929. In the 1970s,...

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