Tasting - April 2024
VILLA DOUCE
REIMS
Ambonnay Terroir
This series is intended to express the work of a man on his soil. The only role of the winemaker is limited to try to make every effort to respect and preserve the integrity of the level of expression of the vintage. Vinification in small oak barrels, no malolactic fermentation, no cold stabilisation, no filtration but a lot of passion.
Vin clair
1/2 - empreinte blanche
Chardonnay
- Bottling : Spring 2024.
- Varieties : 100% Chardonnay,
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay,
- Early harvest : September 11,
- Vintage : Harvest 2023,
- Vinification : Oak barrels,
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
The single vineyard expression of a terroir. Vinified in small oak barrels, no malolactic fermentation, no industrial cold stabilizing and no filtering only the desire to preserve the origin.
2/2 - empreinte noire
Pinot Noir
- Bottling : Spring 2024.
- Varieties : 100% Pinot Noir.
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay,
- Early harvest : September 15.
- Vintage : Harvest 2023.
- Vinification : Oak barrels.
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
Champagne
Champagne of body and spirit made by the marriage of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay.
Straight, round, generous, the cuvee Crayères is made on average from a fifteen different wines from 4 to 5 different vintages, with 80% of wines vinified in small oak barrels, with 65 to 70% reserve wines helping to bring homogeneity.
1/4 - cuvée des crayères
- 36 Edition -
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2020.
- Release date : 2023.
- Grape varieties : 40% chardonnay, 60% pinot noir.
- Blended vintages : Vintage 2019 – 20%, Vintage 2018 – 22%, Vintage 2017 – 29%, Previous Vintages – 29%.
- Vinification : tank 15%, oak barrels 85%.
- Malolactic fermentation : 30% with malo, 70% without.
- Dosage 2 gr.
Blanc de Noirs champagne made only from Pinot Noir. From a terroir that express power and length. This champagne uses 80% of wine which no malolactic fermentation. As with blanc de blancs, this blanc de noirs is made from 6 vintages vinified in 90% oak.
2/4 - Blanc de Noirs
- 35 Edition -
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2019.
- Release date : 2024.
- Grape varieties : 100% pinot noir.
- Blended vintages : Vintage 2018 – 26%, Vintage 2017 – 24%, Vintage 2016 – 22%, Previous Vintages – 28%.
- Vinification : tank 10%, oak barrels 90%.
- Malolactic fermentation : 10% with malo, 90% without.
- Dosage 2 gr.
The single vineyard expression of a terroir. Vinified in small oak barrels, no malolactic fermentation, no industrial cold stabilizing and no filtering only the desire to preserve the origin.
3/4 - Les Beurys
Pinot Noir
2017 Vintage
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2019.
- Varieties : 100% Chardonnay.
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay such as : Les Beurys.
- Exposure : East.
- Soil before chalk : 35 cm.
- Age of the vines (average) : 42 Years.
- Early harvest : September 10.
- Vintage : Harvest 2017.
- Vinification : Oak barrels.
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
- Dosage 2 gr.
The single vineyard expression of a terroir. Vinified in small oak barrels, no malolactic fermentation, no industrial cold stabilizing and no filtering only the desire to preserve the origin.
4/4 - Empreinte Noire
Pinot Noir
2012 Vintage
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2013.
- Varieties : 100% Pinot Noir.
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay such as : Le Moulin, Le Petit Morin, Les Tourets, Les Fournettes, Les Beurys.
- Age of the vines (average) : 30 Years.
- Early harvest : September 10.
- Vintage : Harvest 2012.
- Vinification : Oak barrels.
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
- Dosage 2 gr.
CERTIFICATIONS domain :
Our Domain :
Respect for our vines is a daily preoccupation and we look to explore all techniques and routes which allow for a greater respect for our vineyards and favour a natural balance.
There is no point in doping our vines, it is useless to try and replace Mother Nature; often it is enough to simply use common sense.
We work every day to abandon certain practices, certain reflections of a sometimes mindless viticulture. The respect of soils translates in a desire to favour the life which reigns here by banning all root herbicides, by prohibiting all fertilizers which could distort the natural minerality… and thus the expression of the terroir.
Nine generations come and go and mingle to allow the transition of family history. Come and visit us.
We will tell you about the discovery of our exploitation, our vineyards located on the hills of Ambonnay-Bouzy, our presses, the winery and cellar located in our old village through three production sites.
Then we finish with the flute of friendship. An appointment is preferred, you can contact us by phone or email.
Contact
Our Vigneron business requires an unwavering commitment to the vineyard, the cellar and limits the time available for a welcome that we wish to maintain without intermediaries and directly with you.
This is our priority not to disappoint you when you want to discover a bottle of our production.
- Domain : 4 rue de isse 51150 Ambonnay – France
- Tel. + 33 3 26 57 04 93
- contact@champagne-rodez.fr
- www.champagne-rodez.com