The 2019 Sous les Trous cuvée is the fourth vintage produced by Alexandre Grimée, and for this new edition, Alexandre has changed the packaging!
This cuvée is made exclusively from Pinot Meunier grapes harvested on September 9, 2019, on the "Sous les Trous" plot in Bonneil, a village near Château-Thierry. This south-facing plot is planted with vines that thrive in clay-limestone soil.
The 2019 vintage was demanding for winegrowers, with a rather mild winter, a spring marked by several frosts and a summer with very high temperatures. However, good rains in late July and early August allowed the vines to ripen in very good conditions.
Vinification takes place in stainless steel vats, and for the 2019 vintage, malolactic fermentation was blocked in order to preserve the wine's beautiful tension.
The wine was bottled on May 10, 2020, with 1,657 bottles produced.
