Brut Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs | Mallol Gantois

NAME: AOC Champagne
TYPE: sparkling wine
GRAPE VARIETY: C hardonnay
ORIGIN: France, Champagne
EVOLUTION: 4 years
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 6- 8° C
RECOMMENDED GLASS: medium sparkling wine glass
ALCOHOL VOLUME: 12%
FORMAT: 75 cl

THE WINE

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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NOTES FROM OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 Golden yellow in color, with a fine and persistent perlage;

👃🏻 the nose expresses beautiful notes of hay, yeast and bread, typical of the long aging on yeasts. It closes with ripe hints of honey and dried fruit;

👄 in the mouth it is fresh, creamy, mineral, with continuous citrus returns. The finish is pleasant and persistent.

RECOMMENDED COMBINATION

A Champagne that represents the essence of the Grand Crus of the Cote des Blancs. Refined wine, which should be paired with equally elegant dishes of character. Versatile in the kitchen, it pairs well with meat and fish, shellfish and cheeses, even mature ones. We suggest it with crab or lobster.

REFINEMENT

Manual harvest with selection of grapes (low yield per hectare, equal to 65 quintals). Traditional winemaking, according to the Champenois Method, with fermentation in stainless steel and second fermentation in the bottle (usually in April) and long aging on the yeasts; disgorgement with addition of liqueur d'expédition.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

its elegance and balance .

TERRITORY OF ORIGIN

TERROR

We are in Champagne: a wine and a territory, a history and a global myth. And hundreds of millions of bottles produced every year. Champagne vineyards are located at 49.5° north latitude, an extreme condition for viticulture. The climate is oceanic with continental influences and the average annual temperature is just over 10° C, while between July and January it rises to 16° C. The sunshine is concentrated between July and August, the most important months for slow maturation of the grapes, which brings a lively acidity to the wine, giving intense, fragrant and fruity aromas. Rainfall is moderate and well distributed over the different months. The soil is generally clayey and sandy , on a subsoil rich in chalk : this is a decisive element for the cultivation of vines, because it behaves as a perfect thermal and water regulator and does not allow excess humidity to form.
This is the craie , the famous Champagne chalk: a friable and floury rock, composed of marine fossil microorganisms, dating back to the Upper Cretaceous (i.e. almost 100 million years ago). The bunches are treated with care and expertise, with manual harvesting and subsequent soft pressing. The pressing yield is regulated: a maximum of 2550 liters of juice can be obtained from 4000 kg of grapes. This, after an initial clarification, is sent to fermentation (separated according to the different vines), which is activated between November and January. Based on the choices of the maison, the wine can then be subjected to malolactic fermentation, followed by the blending of different base wines to create the cuvée, a perfect fusion of the characters of different grapes, territories and vintages. The cultivated vines are: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Arbane.

CELLAR

The Maison Mallol-Gantois is based in the charming village of Cramant, renowned for the production of Champagne. We are in the prestigious Côte des Blancs region, famous throughout the world. Founded in 1981 by Bernard Mallol, the company covers an area of ​​7 hectares of vineyards, located mainly in the villages of Cramant and Chouilly. It is a Grand Cru of Champagne, the highest quality for the vineyards.

Mallol-Gantois wines are renowned for their incredible minerality and complexity. The vines absorb nutrients from the chalky soil of the Côte des Blancs, giving the wines a distinctive floral note and distinct minerality. These characteristics, together with the cellar's extreme care for the vineyard and vinification, give Mallol-Gantois Champagnes a unique personality and an unmistakable structure.