Champagne Marguet - 'Les Crayeres' Grand Cru 2011

Champagne Marguet - 'Les Crayeres' Grand Cru 2011

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Starting with the 2008 harvest, he began setting aside and bottling separately the wine from his best vineyard plots. The 2008 Marguet Pere et Fils "Les Crayeres" Ambonnay Brut Champagne ($69.99) is the first of these wines to be released, and it is a stunner. This Champagne is composed of 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir from old, massal selected vines in the mid-slope vineyard site Les Crayeres in Ambonnay. As the name suggests, this is an extremely chalky site, and happens to be one of the very best in this grand cru village.

Egly-Ouriet also owns vines in this vineyard, and also bottles a single vineyard expression. Benoit fermented this wine exclusively in old barrique, with very little sulfur. The 2011 vintage was a great one in Champagne, with ripeness and acid that hasn't been seen since 1996 and 2008. This wine reflects that concentration of both acidity and ripeness, and the wine shows tight and electric right now, but promises to age with the greatest of Champagnes.

 

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Champagne Marguet

The House of Marguet is one of Champagne's leading grower-producers. They are based in the Ambonnay region, one of the top Grand Cru sites in all of Champagne. The Marguet property was founded in 1870 by the Bonnerave brothers and it is now in the 5th generation of the family under the enthusiastic rule of Benoît Marguet-Bonnerave. What is interesting to note is that the vineyards on both the Grand Cru sites, Ambonnay and Bouzy, are farmed biodynamically and have been since 2009 - a rarity in the region.

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Champagne Blend

It might not be obvious looking at a Champagne or any other sparkling wine made by the Methode Traditionelle method, but Pinot Noir is one of the main grapes in these fizzy treats. Along with Chardonnay which is equally important and Pinot Meunier, to a lesser extent. Pinot Noir helps to give body and aromatics, Chardonnay gives acidity and finesse and Pinot Meunier can help to add some body or colour.

 

--------THE REGION--------

Champagne

Champagne is the famous region that makes the even more famous sparkling wines: Champagne. These wines are made via the Methode Tradtionelle process where the finished wines will undergo a secondary fermentation in bottle to create bubbles.