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Bottle of Marie Courtin Champagne Rose Extra Brut Indulgence 2019-Sparkling Wine-Flatiron SF

Marie Courtin Champagne Rose Extra Brut Indulgence 2019

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Marie Courtin
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Polisot, Côte des Bar.

NOTES FROM THE IMPORTER

  • "Dominique Moreau named her estate after her grandmother, Marie Courtin, whom she describes as a “woman of the earth”. With the 2005 vintage, Dominique set out to produce a series of single-vineyard, single-variety, single-vintage, zero-dosage Champagnes from biodynamically-grown grapes that are farmed and elaborated with meticulous care.
  • Spirituality plays an important role in her approach. Specifically, she uses pendulums to aid in evaluating the evolution of the grapes on the vine as well as the wine during élévage. She explains that the pendulum changes its natural rhythm and swing based on the energy emitted from a living being, whether person, vineyard, or wine.
  • Dominique’s compelling Champagnes are electric and chiseled, with an intense brininess and minerality at their core.

Her philosophy is in stark contrast with the predominant mindset in Champagne which has historically focused on blending grapes, vineyards and vintages to achieve a consistent product or "house style", and with a tendency towards very high yields and full-on chemical treatments. For Dominique Moreau and likeminded growers, their house style is their terroirs, and is influenced by important factors such as massale selection clones and the ecoysystem of which their vines are a part.

Most of Dominique's wines come from a hillside vineyard of 40-45 year old, massale-selection Pinot Noir in Polisot. The combination of low yields, clay-limestone soils with bands of Kimmeridgian, and an east/southeast exposure gives the wines both power and cut, with an intense brininess and minerality at their core."

  • hand harvested grapes
  • fermented with natural yeasts that have been selected from their vineyards and cultivated separately used for both the primary and secondary fermentations.
  • no dosage added upon disgorgement.

Dominique makes several cuvées, but the bulk of her small production is split between her cuvées Résonance and Éfflorescence, the former fermented in stainless steel and aged sur lattes for 24 months, and the latter is fermented and aged in used barriques, followed by 36 months sur lattes. The grapes for Resonance are from the top of the slope, whereas Efflorescence fruit comes from the bottom of the hill, which she says “has greater power and potential”. The third Blanc de Noirs is a zero sulfur cuvée known as Concordance, which minted Dominique's reputation as a deft vinifier.

One of two macerated Rosés is this bottling, Indulgence, is electric and chiseled.

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Dominique Moreau's Champagne Marie-Courtin has been the darling of critics like Peter Liem for over a decade now. Why? Because she consistently leads the pack in her unwavering approach to expressing her incredible terroir.

Dominique farms (organically) a single 2.5 hectare plot of east facing vines in the Aube. Its clay and Kimmeridgian limestone soils, famously found in Chablis, produce some of the worlds greatest whites. The warmer Aube lends itself to ripening Pinot Noir—her favorite grape—laced with hallmark Chablisien acidity. These contrasting characteristics make the Marie-Courtin wines so enthralling.

Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 94
"An addition to the range, the NV Extra Brut Rosé Indulgence speaks to balance above all else. The Rosé is built on a core of serious energy, so readers should expect a light, mid-weight Champagne loaded with vibrancy. All the elements come together beautifully in a Champagne that brings together expressive fruit and bracing minerality, with a savory edge that kicks the finish into high gear. Dominique Moreau gave the 100% Pinot Noir four days on the skins here." -Vinous

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2019

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Crisp , Elegant , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Champagne Extra Brut , Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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