Description
// 100% Pinot Noir
2021 base vintage (disgorged Jan 2024)
3.5g/L dosage
"This is Fred Savart's entry level Champagne but it is far from one-dimensional. It is 100% Pinot Noir all from the village of Ecueil, half of which was fermented in mostly neutral barrel with the other half is fermented in stainless steel. The wine only sees partial malolactic fermentation. Fred doesn't guide the malolactic fermentation, instead it is the inclusion of reserve wine that goes through malolactic fermentation because it has gone through more temperature swings. The wine is in equal parts a blend of three successive vintages and aged under cork, not crown cap." - Importer Notes
"The L’Ouverture is a wild, exotic wine. Kirsch, mint, cinnamon, dried flowers and rose petal add to the wine's idiosyncratic character. Small bunches and small berries in 2021 resulted in a wine with deep, intense color. This release is a blend of 60% 2021 and 20% reserve wines from both 2020 and 2019. The reserve wines spent nearly two years in wood, which adds quite a bit of texture. The Ouverture is a somewhat eccentric Champagne, but it works." - 92 Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous
