PROHIBITION R-20 (Champagne Guiborat)
VALLEE DE LA MARNE - AOP CHAMPAGNE - BLANC DE NOIRS CHAMPAGNE
Grape variety: Pinot Meunier (100%)
Brut Nature Non vintage
- Color: slightly pinkish yellow.
- Nose: open and generous. Notes of white flowers, pink grapefruit and redcurrant.
- Palate: delicate, fresh and salivating. Very beautiful tension on the palate, with long-lasting aromas.
Tasting date: April 2024.
OUR OPINION: S-U-P-E-R-B! Such an elegance and a class! This Pinot Meunier is fresh, perfectly balanced and chiselled to perfection. What a delight!
| Elegant - Racy - Fruity |
The exceptional bottle's weight (1.8kg) may result in higher shipping costs for the final shopping cart.
DESCRIPTION
PROHIBITION is a blanc de noirs champagne made from 60-year-old Pinot Meunier vines planted in the village of Mardeuil, where Richard FOUQUET and his family come from.However, he took a new interest in Pinot Meunier at a trade fair in 2017, where he tasted a champagne made from 100% of this grape variety. He was seduced by the champagne's style, and already knew the profile he would attribute to his own Blancs de Noir champagne: the PROHIBITION cuvée was born, fresh and delicate.
TERROIR
The Pinot Meunier vines are planted on two parcels located in the Marne Valley, on the left bank:
- Les Châtaigniers, planting dates: 1954 and 1958,
- Les Carrés du Midi, planted in 1960.
Their terroir consists of white Campanian chalk (Upper Cretaceous) which gives rise to light-textured carbonate soils. Wines from this famous area have been renowned for a very long time.
WINEGROWING & WINEMAKIN
To make the PROHIBITION champagne , the estate uses the cuvée must only, i.e. the must from the first three presses.
Although not vintage, the must comes from the 2020 harvest, with 10% of 2019 reserve wine.
After pressing, the juice makes its alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats (87%) and 400-litre oak barrels (13%). The malolactic fermentation is not carried out, and the must is aged on its fine lees for 7 months.
It is then racked and bottled for its second fermentation and rest on slats for 30 months. No sugar is added after disgorging.
- Racking date for 2nd fermentation: May 2021
- Disgorging date: November 2023
- Slats ageing for 30 months
- Dosage: 0 g/l
| Country | Champagne |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Brut Nature |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Chardonnay |
| Blend | 2020 (100%) - 2019 reserve wine (10%) |
| Alcohol rate | 12,5 % |
| Quality Designation | Champagne |
| Cellar Potential | 10 years |
| Service advise | 10-12°C. Open 1/2h before serving. |
| Culture Methods | Sustainable cultivation method |
| Total SO2 | 35 mg/l |
| Sugar addition | 0 g/l |
| Comments | Only must of cuvée ♦ 7 months of ageing in stainless steel tanks (87%) and in oak barrels (13%) ♦ No Malolactic fermentation ♦ "Slats" ageing for 30 months followed by a cellar ageing for 6 months after disgorging. |
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