Ruppert Leroy, Papillion, 2022

£85.80

Single-parcel Blanc de Noirs from La Fosse in Essoyes, fermented and aged 9 months in fûts/demi-muids, then 18–20 months sur lattes. Brut Nature with no added sulfites.

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At a glance

Producer: Ruppert-Leroy
Region: Champagne
Appellation: Champagne
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Country: France
Wine type: Sparkling
Alcohol: 12.0%
Size: 75.0cl
Farming: Organic — certified Biodynamic — certified

Taste profile

Body: Medium
Acidity: High
Tannin: Low

What to eat with it

roast chicken with thyme
seared tuna
mushroom tart
Comté cheese
charcuterie (jambon persillé)

How to serve it

Serve: Cool (10–12°C)

Why Cave selected it

Certified-organic and Demeter-biodynamic grower Champagne expressing a single Essoyes parcel of Pinot Noir with zero dosage and minimal intervention.

About the wine

This cuvée is made from 35 to 40yo vines of pinot noir, they were planted with an old massal selection and yield an extremely qualitative juice. The south to southwest facing rocky slope is surrounded by forest in a place where 30 species of butterflies (papillon) have been recorded. Aged for nine months in fûts and demi-muids, and then for 20 months 'sur lattes'

About Ruppert-Leroy

Domaine ruppert Leroy is now run by husband an wife Duo Manu and Béné. When Béné’s father Gérard Ruppert, a visionary farmer and organic vine-grower in the south-eastern corner of the Côte des Bar, offered his daughter the opportunity to take over, she did not take much convincing and jumped at the chance. Grapes were no longer sold to the négoce and the first bottling of Ruppert-Leroy came to life. Nowadays they practise biodynamic viticulture in a selection of superb high-altitude terroirs near Essoyes, arguably the most bio-diverse and remote area in the Aube region where stunning coteaux, dense forest and pastures are intertwined. The domaine, an exemplary biodynamic farm, is a peaceful place where humans, livestock, fauna and flora live in harmony.

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