Weโve gotten to the point in the Grower Champagne movement where the its core ideas are no longer revolutionary, but accepted practice. Names like Cedric Bouchard, Ulysse Collin and Jรฉrรดme Prรฉvost are now firmly etched in super-stardom, and a whole second generation is starting out with those idols as mentors.
Enter Julien and Karine Prรฉlat, from the small village of Celles-Sur-Ource in the Cรดte des Bar. If that village sounds familiar to you, it's because it is the home of their neighbor, friend, and mentor, Cedric Bouchard, of Roses de Jeanne fame. At the far southern end of Champagne, they live closer to Burgundyโs Chablis than to the vineyards of the Cรดte de Blancs, Montagne de Reims or Vallรฉe de la Marne.
Like Cedric, Julien's primary goal is to make Champagne that clearly displays the place where it is grown. This means all wines are from a single vintage, single varietal, and single parcel, farmed with organic principles and extremely low yields, and picked very ripe for more phenolic flavor development, and to avoid dosage before bottling.
Julien took over his grandfatherโs vines back in 2000 (the same year Cedric took some of his father's parcels over). He slowly applied more holistic approaches, but sold off his grapes all the while. Only recently did he apply lessons learned from Cedric, and began to vinify and bottle his own wines.
Details
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Grape Variety
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Vintage
2019
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Organic
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Style
Fruity
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Light Bodied