2017 Domaine Les Monts Fournois "Côte Mesnil Oger Grand Cru", Brut, Champagne, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Le Mesnil sur Oger is located south, southeast of pernay. The vineyard areas cover 433. 8 ha, of which the majority is planted in Chardonnay (432 ha) with very small plantings of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. This Grand Cru is located on the Cte des Blancs slope, consisting of mainly hillside vineyards. Champagnes produced from vineyards in Mesnil sur Oger are quite mineral driven and firm in style. They are complete expressions and

The 2022 release shows generous dark fruit—blackberry

there are old vineyards of extraordinary quality in the D

in the south-east of the appellation

It is surrounded by gorgeous gardens and a rich forest of evergreen and white oak

consistent ripening

Rodri Mendez

These are wines that smack deliciously of this corner of the Côte de Beaune

Domaine Moreau-Naudet continues its minimal-intervention philosophy here

After a year or so in barrel

Schieferkopf ventured to the other side of the Rhine seek out new

cool fermentation

but rather a consequence of the wine’s specific characteristics and need for a greater amount of oxygenation