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Dehours & Fils Champagne Extra Brut Terre de Meunier NV

$7699
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Meunier usually plays a supporting role in Champagne. Here it gets the whole bottle, made by a grower who has spent his career arguing that it deserves top billing. Jérôme Dehours farms 42 separate vineyards on the left bank of the Marne Valley, about 15 km from Épernay, and Meunier makes up most of them. He was also one of the first in Champagne to bottle a full range of single-parcel wines, an idea so new at the time that the region's rules had nothing to say about it. Terre de Meunier, a 100% Meunier Blanc de Noirs, comes almost entirely from the estate's two steepest, highest slopes in Cerseuil. Both climb to about 200 meters on clay over limestone, but Le Patis de Cerseuil faces south and Les Vignes dans le Bois faces north, so you get sun and shade in the same glass. It's fermented and aged in steel tanks without fining or filtration, then finished as an Extra Brut with very little added sugar. Jérôme sums it up as "pure and gourmand." If you're curious what Meunier can do on its own, this is the bottle we'd start with.

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  • Nationwide Access: Flat-rate shipping available to most U.S. states with delivery in 3-5 business days.
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  • Wine-Specific Protective Packaging: Specialized materials designed to maintain label integrity and prevent breakage during transit.
  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

Returns & Exchanges

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  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Jerome Dehours is from an old Champagne family and he decided to go "Grower" around 1996, long before the term was known here in the U.S. It took years of gradually transforming his domaine, selling less of his grapes off every year, as he introduced radically improved techniques in the vine and in the cellar. All this is great news for us, because he now produces brilliant Pinot Meunier-based Champagnes from an obscure corner of Champagne south of the Marne known as the Vallee de Fagot, where the soil is dominated by limestone from fossilized marine animals. He is working in an increasingly natural approach; he no longer blocks malos and has moved towards using only trace amounts of sulphur.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Meunier

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Champagne Extra Brut , Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Warm gougères; fried chicken; pork rillettes on toast; wild mushroom risotto; roast chicken with tarragon; aged Comté.

Tasting Profile

Expect the generous, fruit-forward side of Champagne that Meunier typically brings: ripe red apple, pear and a hint of red berry, with a light bready note from time on the lees. Raised in steel and finished Extra Brut, it should taste very dry yet round and supple, with fresh acidity, fine bubbles and a clean, mineral finish.

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