Tasting - April 2025
VILLA DOUCE
REIMS
Vins clairs :
- Empreinte Blanche 2024,
- Empreinte Noire 2024.
Champagnes :
- Blanc de noirs
- 40th Edition (Bottling 2024),
- 35th Edition (Bottling 2019),
- 27th Edition (Bottling 2011),
- Pierre aux Larrons 2018 (Bottling 2020),
- Empreinte Blanche 2013 (Bottling 2014),
Atelier Geoffrey Orban :
- Cuvée des Crayères, 37th Edition (Bottling 2021),
Bouteille mystère :
- Maceration, 36th Edition (Bottling 2020).
Vin clair 2024 Tasting
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.
1 - Empreinte Blanche
Chardonnay
- Bottling : Spring 2024.
- Varieties : 100% Chardonnay,
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay,
- Early harvest : September 25,
- Vintage : Harvest 2024,
- 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 - Empreinte Noire
Pinot Noir
- Bottling : Spring 2024.
- Varieties : 100% Pinot Noir.
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay,
- Early harvest : September 20.
- Vintage : Harvest 2023.
- Vinification : Oak barrels.
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
Champagne Tasting
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.
Blanc de Noirs
* 40th Edition (Bottling 2024),
* 35th Edition (Bottling 2019),
* 27th Edition (Bottling 2011),
Blending :
40th Edition :
- Bottling : Spring 2019.
- Release date : 2024.
- Grape varieties : 100% pinot noir.
- Blended vintages : Vintage 2023 – 40%, Vintage 2022 – 20%, Vintage 2021 – 24%, Previous Vintages – 16%,
- Vinification : tank 5%, oak barrels 95%.
- Malolactic fermentation : 15% with malo, 85% without.
- Dosage 0 gr.
35th Edition :
- 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.
27th Edition :
- Bottling : Spring 2019.
- Release date : 2024.
- Grape varieties : 100% pinot noir.
- Blended vintages : Vintage 2010 – 31%, Vintage 2009 – 28%, Vintage 2008 – 15%, Previous Vintages – 26%.
- Vinification : tank 10%, oak barrels 90%.
- Malolactic fermentation : 20% with malo, 80% without.
- Dosage 4 gr (2015).
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.
La Pierre aux larrons
Chardonnay
2018 Vintage
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2020.
- Varieties : 100% Chardonnay.
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay such as : La Pierre aux Larrons.
- Exposure : East.
- Soil before chalk : 55 to 65 cm.
- Age of the vine : 48 Years.
- Early harvest : August 31.
- Vintage : Harvest 2018.
- Vinification : Oak barrels.
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
- Dosage 1,5 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.
Empreinte Blanche
Chardonnay
2013 Vintage
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2014
- Varieties : 100% Chardonnay.
- Plots : Terroir from Ambonnay such as : Les Genettes, Les Champsaults, Le Noyer Saint Pys, La Pierre aux Larrons, Les Crayères,
- Early harvest : October 09.
- Vintage : Harvest 2013.
- Vinification : Oak barrels.
- Malolactic fermentation : without .
- Dosage 1,5 gr.
Greoffrey Orban Workshop
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.
Cuvée des Crayères
38th Edition (Bottling 2022),
Blending :
- Bottling : Spring 2022.
- Release date : 2024.
- Grape varieties : 40% chardonnay, 60% pinot noir.
- Blended vintages : Vintage 2021 – 28%, Vintage 2020 – 32%, Vintage 2019 – 20%, Previous Vintages – 20%.
- Vinification : tank 10%, oak barrels 90%.
- Malolactic fermentation : 25% with malo, 75% without.
- Dosage 2 gr.
CERTIFICATIONS domain :
- Organic certification : Since 2012.
- Biodynamic Certification : Since 2015.
- Certification HVE : Since 2012.
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