Jacquesson 2012 Dizy Corne Bautray Extra Brut Champagne

During the 1990s the Chiquets were improving their farming and re-discovering their terroirs. Their one hectare (2.5 acres) of Corne Bautray Chardonnay way up on top of a steep hill above Dizy particularly impressed them in the harvest of 1995, and they made an experimental cuvée from it (2000 was the first commercial release). The parcel occupies the very top of the steep hillside far above Dizy. Planted in 1960, the vines face southwest and grow in relatively thick alluvial topsoil. This soil is a layer of loose clay-silt packed with pebbles, giving excellent drainage, and provides a bed as deep as nine feet overtop the ever-present Campanian chalk—which these old vines reach down to for water. The wine is remarkable for its elegant power. Importer Notes