Champagne Drappier Père Pinot #1 2016

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George was a winemaker nicknamed «Père Pinot» for advocating the replanting of Pinot Noir in the Aube region. He was also our great-grandfather. The «Père Pinot» adventure began in 2016, the year we - the three children of the 8th generation - joined the family estate. With this «family wine» we explore our family’s winemaking past with great freedom. For this new tribute, we have reinterpreted a blend of the four Pinots from the appellation, which have been cultivated in our family for several generations.

GRAPE: 25 % Pinot Noir 25% Pinot Meunier 25% Pinot Fromenteau 25% Pinot Blanc Vrai

VINIFICATION : From the 2016 harvest, the grapes of the four Pinots come from our parcels in Urville. A skin maceration of Pinot Blanc was carried out after the harvest. Half of the grapes were fermented and aged in quarter-muids (oak barrels) from the Temple Forest (Aube). The 1300 bottles produced were disgorged in March 2020, after three years of aging on lees. The dosage is 1.8 g/l of aged liqueur. The wine is made without added sulfur.

SERVE : Serve at 7°C as an aperitif with a fresh salad of peaches, mint, and toasted almonds, or a langoustine tartare with Espelette pepper.