Champagne: Dumangin Fils. Premium Blanc de Blancs
Description
With a very fine mousse, this is a light, elegant wine with incredible finesse, an extraordinary purity of fruit and a hauntingly long finish.
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Medium-bodied, Sparkling
- Region: Champagne,
- Producer: Gilles Dumangin
- Grape variety (Cépage): Chardonnay
- Cellarage: A wine to be drunk within a year from disgorgement and final bottling.
- Vinification: The grapes are harvested from a single vineyard which was found, in 1998, to have a propensity for noble rot if the grapes were left to mature for longer than usual. Noble rot is caused by the Botrytis Cinerea fungus which attacks undamaged white grapes and results in extremely sweet grapes with exceptional fruit and more concentration than one would expect from a normal harvest.
After the addition of a liqueur de tirage the wine then rests on its lees for at least thirty months undergoing a secondary fermentation
before disgorging, which takes place approximately three months before the wine is ready for shipping. At this stage a final dosage
(of sugar) dictates the dryness of the Champagne and the 'house' style. Rémuage (the process of moving the sediment to the neck of the bottle before disgorgement) takes place manually and on wooden stands. - Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Champagne: Dumangin Fils. Premium Blanc de Blancs
A relatively recent addition to our wine list, this is an exquisite ‘Blanc de Blancs’ made from pure Chardonnay from mature rootstock. It has a marvellous depth of ripe orchard fruit and a long elegant finish.
The Chardonnay grape used to produce the Blanc de Blancs is very light-sensitive, hence the wine is sold in a cotton bag so as to avoid excessive exposure to the light.