(7/8) With a rather “classic” vintage it comes as no surprise that 10% of our oak-aged reserve wines played the most important role in the making of #MultiVintage #Collection248 - a nod to our #BrutPremier blending practices. #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
Ready for bottling of our #Multivintage #Collection248 !! We need healthy yeasts to kick start the second fermentation in bottles & I check them over the week end smelling them & doing viable yeast counts! #Yeasts #KnowHow #Craftsmanship #Bubbles #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
And here we go! Bottling time for #Collection248 as it is now ready for the second fermentation! This specific blend, very classically structured, will be bottled with a little more pressure & yeasts to amplify the autolysis characters ! #Craftsmanship #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
(8/8) #Collection248 is another acknowledgement of a new era for #multivintage : a strict selection of “cœur de terroir” driven by 2023 superbly magnified by the structure, freshness & delicious textural complexity from our 2 types of reserves! #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
(6/8) With #MultiVintage #Collection248 we experienced a new aspect of our Réserve Perpetuelle. As a matter of fact it is so prominent in terms of texture & bouquet that we had to use less than usual: 14% of Réserve Perpetuelle only! #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
(4/8) as a matter of fact, Chardonnay being the clear winner in 2023, it does represent 47% of our #MultiVintage #Collection248 followed by 41% of Pinot noir & 12% Meunier! The majority of the Pinots comes from the northern Montagne de Reims! #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
(5/8) Due to low malic acid levels in the 2023 wines, we have done a historically small 17% of malolactic fermentation in #MultiVintage #Collection248 & only of the 2023 wines were fermented in oak to keep as much fruit as possible! #InPursuitofTaste -JBL
