Champagne Extra Brut Cuvée 'Sainte Anne' Chartogne Taillet

The Champagne Extra Brut Cuvée "Sainte Anne" Chartogne Taillet is a faithful expression of a wine that sees its fruit develop on several plots north of the village of Merfy. Composed mostly of Chardonnay followed by Pinot Noir and a small balance of Pinot Meunier, the vineyards are rooted in soils rich in sand and clay. It is important to note that the Chartogne Taillet winery enjoys the Recoltant Manipulant (RM) label, which emphasises that the grapes come exclusively from its own vineyards and that the Champagne is only produced within the estate's cellar.

Cuvée "Sainte Anne" Champagne Extra Brut Chartogne Taillet is made from grapes from vineyards at least 25 years old, worked respecting nature and its rhythms. After harvesting by hand, the work in the cellar is followed by vinification using only indigenous yeasts in stainless steel vats. This is followed by a second re-fermentation in the bottle with the addition of reserve wines between 2 and 5 years old, approximately 50% of the mass. After embracing the Champenoise Method, the process concludes with bottling without any kind of filtration, followed by a final 24-month ageing on the lees.

The Chartogne Taillet Champagne Extra Brut Cuvée "Saint Anne" invades the glass with an intense straw yellow colour and fine perlage of graceful persistence. On the nose, the bouquet that unfolds does not disappoint expectations, honey and aromas of pastries and bread crust paint an aromatic canvas of rare finesse and deep cohesion. Sipped, the Cuvée "Sainte Anne" opens with precise balance and a minerality that, combined with savouriness, never seems to want to leave the taste buds. A Champagne that graciously expresses the characteristics of a terroir of immense tradition and whose structure and richness recall dishes of equal character and aromatic charge.