NV Champagne Arlaux Grand Cuvee Brut 1er Cru - CHAMPAGNE - MONTAGNE DE REIMS France
100% Tete de Cuvee. 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir + 10% Chardonnay. 30% reserve wine. Fermentation in steel tank. Minimum 4 years aging in bottle. 6 to 8 grams dosage. “From old Pinot Meunier vines on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, the producer has created this softly textured, fruity and concentrated wine. It is ripe, full bodied and generously rich” Drink this Champagne now. ~
92 Wine Enthusiast.
"If you simply have to have champagne, then look no further than the Champagne Arlaux 1er Cru Grande Cuvée Brut NV. It really is astoundingly fine, all baked apple, honey and toast with the finest of mousses and longest of finishes.
"Jonathan Ray, The Spectator Magazine
100% Tete de Cuvee. 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir + 10% Chardonnay. 30% reserve wine. Fermentation in steel tank. Minimum 4 years aging in bottle. 6 to 8 grams dosage. “From old Pinot Meunier vines on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, the producer has created this softly textured, fruity and concentrated wine. It is ripe, full bodied and generously rich” Drink this Champagne now. ~
92 Wine Enthusiast.
"If you simply have to have champagne, then look no further than the Champagne Arlaux 1er Cru Grande Cuvée Brut NV. It really is astoundingly fine, all baked apple, honey and toast with the finest of mousses and longest of finishes.
"Jonathan Ray, The Spectator Magazine
100% Tete de Cuvee. 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir + 10% Chardonnay. 30% reserve wine. Fermentation in steel tank. Minimum 4 years aging in bottle. 6 to 8 grams dosage. “From old Pinot Meunier vines on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, the producer has created this softly textured, fruity and concentrated wine. It is ripe, full bodied and generously rich” Drink this Champagne now. ~
92 Wine Enthusiast.
"If you simply have to have champagne, then look no further than the Champagne Arlaux 1er Cru Grande Cuvée Brut NV. It really is astoundingly fine, all baked apple, honey and toast with the finest of mousses and longest of finishes.
"Jonathan Ray, The Spectator Magazine
As early as 1320, the name Arlaux appeared in the margin of a document mentioning a transaction of the Abbey of Saint-Remi concerning the vinage (wine making) and the payment of the title. In 1792, the Royal Abbey of Saint-Remi was seized and sold as national property. Nicolas Arlaux then acquired the vineyards and lands that the family had already been cultivating for several centuries under the monks’ rule. However, it was not until 1826, one year after the coronation of Charles X, the last King of France that Jean Arlaux decided to produce his first bottles of sparkling wine. The winery is located in Vrigny within the the heart of the Montagne de Reims. All the vineyards are classified as a Premier Cru. The Arlaux vineyard is all the more exceptional in that it is now one of the very last to bear a few acres of very old French grape vines that survived the Phylloxera epidemic of the 19th Century. Stretching over a little less than 10 hectares, the Arlaux vineyard is essentially planted with Meunier and Pinot Noir grapes, with Chardonnay representing less than 10% of the total. No pesticides used since 1997
