Cuvée Les Hauts Partas 2014 from Maison Roger Coulon is a Blanc de Blancs champagne expressing all the purity of Chardonnays from Chouilly. The label reflects the winemaker's attachment to his land, his vines and his wines. A place, a vintage, a grape variety, a type of plantation - all these specificities are transposed onto the label by a sketch drawn in Indian ink.
The grapes come from a single plot, "Les Hauts Partas", in Chouilly, a Grand Cru village in the Côte des Blancs. The parcel is located in the middle of the slopes at an altitude of 150 m, on Campanian chalk that lends all the purity of Chardonnay to this cuvée. The 45-year-old vines are selected by massal selection and benefit from a north-easterly exposure.
The bunches are pressed for a very long time, followed by a short settling period to preserve the wine's substance and phenolic compounds. Alcoholic fermentation takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, in small, low-temperature barrels.
Barrel ageing lasts 10 months, with natural clarification without fining or filtration. Bottles are aged for 7 years in our cellars, and the wine is blended at 1 g/L Extra-Brut.
This cuvée has a beautiful golden color, with a fine, persistent effervescence. On the palate, the wine reveals citrus aromas of lemon and grapefruit, as well as hints of pear and apple. These are combined with good tension and a hint of saltiness.
Maison Roger Coulon's Cuvée Les Hauts Partas 2014 stands on its own, but would also be an excellent accompaniment to white fish, lobster or langoustines from Brittany.
