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2008 Champagne 1er Cru Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Single Vineyard, Champagne J. Dumangin
2008 Champagne 1er Cru Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Single Vineyard, Champagne J. Dumangin

2008 Champagne 1er Cru Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Single Vineyard, Champagne J. Dumangin

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Bob Campbell, 91 Points
"Pure with racy chalk/mineral and fine acidity. The wine has a beautiful ethereal texture. Delicate, charming."

Producer: Champagne Dumangin

Wine: 2008 1er Cru Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Single Vineyard, 750ml

Varietals: 100% Chardonnay

Vinification: 87% Stainless steel, 13% barrels

Malolactic: Full

Bottling:  Champagne bottle with DIAM cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) in 750ml & 1.5L Disgorgment after order is placed: Extra-Brut (usually 5.3g but depends on age/acidity ratio of the wine)

Terroir: Montagne de Reims: Chigny Les Roses Single Vineyard "Dessus le Mont". 100% Clay.

Tasting Notes: Intense biscuity, toasty, pastry, bread, cinnamon and spice complexity on the nose.  The palate is powerful with citrus pith leading into an expressive and long finish.

Food: 18 months old Comté cheese

Cellaring: Drink now or hold

CHAMPAGNE DUMANGIN

Chigny-les-Roses, Champagne

The Dumangin family can be traced back to working in the vineyards since the 1650's. Champagne Dumangin was created by Hippolyte Dumangin in the 1890s in the 1er Cru village of Chigny-les-Roses. Jacky Dumangin, three generations later, perfected the characteristically feminine Premier Cru champagne range. His son, Gilles Dumangin, 5th generation of successful winemakers, expanded the domaine by introducing several high-end cuvees that helped position his domaine.

The installations for pressing and making the wines have been awarded the quality label by the CIVC. His press of 2000Kg (4409 pounds) combines modernism and tradition and is one of only two made of this type in the world. It crushes the grapes ever so delicately, with less pressure and more respect for the grape, adhering to the family philosophy of never "stressing" the grapes at any point during the production process. Gilles Dumangin is one of the few producers in Champagne who utilizes enamel tanks in which the porosity maintains a signature yeast component cuvee after cuvee.

Champagne Dumangin J. Fils has more than 13 acres in the prestigious Montagne de Reims and is considered a classic recoltant-manipulant (grower producer) who carefully controls every aspect of production, from picking to bottling, to hand riddling.  Estate bottled

The Champagne production zone (AOC vineyard area) is defined and delimited by a law passed in 1927, encompassing roughly 85,000 acres of vineyards. There are four main growing areas in the Champagne: the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Blancs, the Valley de la Marne and the Côte des Bar. Together they encompass nearly 280,000 plots of vine.  17 villages have a traditional entitlement to Grand Cru ranking and 42 to Premier Cru ranking.

Champagne has a history of vine-growing that dates back to the dawn of Christianity, and its vineyard boundaries have been defined by France’s appellation system (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée or AOC) since 1927.

With its northern location, rugged climate, distinctive soil type and hillside vineyards, the Champagne terroir is the only one of its kind – as original as the wine it produces. Champagne had two major distinguishing features: northerly latitude and a dual climate that is subject to oceanic and continental influences alike.

Montagne de Reims

Montagne de Reims is one of the five sub-regions of the Champagne wine region. It is located north of Vallée de la Marne, Côte de Sézanne and Côte des Blancs. The region is located around Reims Mountain, from Reims to Épernay, and contains nine Grands Crus villages. 

Information by: Champagne.fr 

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