Stéphane Regnault Dorien 80 NV

Stéphane Regnault Dorien 80 NVThe Dorien cuve is the most reticent and complex of Stphane's cuves. The wine needs time in the bottle in order to express its full potential as an epic, rich, and structured wine. Champagne with an excellent saline depth. Limited edition product of only 2,670 bottles. Dosage: 1g L (extra brut) Sur latte: 44 months Grapes: 100% Chardonnay Location: From the lieu dit Hautes Mottes, a small plot of vineyard planted in 1950 and 1980, on a chalky soil,

located in Marcellise

this DOCG of often frivolous whites offers superb character and minerality

100% Viognier (planted 2010-15) from loose granite soils on plateau above Condrieu & Ampuis

Winemaking: Slow pressing in a pneumatic press

the land was co-planted to vines

with a 30% perpetual component

this cuvée is composed of 60% Pinot Meunier

The 2019 Barbaresco Riserva Viti Vecchie Vallegrande is fabulous

Oak Farm Genevieve 2020

for which they outsource disgorging and bottling

Wine Enthusiast (93): A deeply savory nose opens with aromas of grilled meat and iron-rich soil before revealing balsamic vinegar and graphite and then cranberries and hibiscus

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