2017 | Vauversin | Orpair Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut

ORPAIR is a multi-parcel of OGER (places: Chênets, Bellevoyes and Gallois). Vines over 30 years old grown on a slope perfectly exposed to early maturity. Rich soil, with light and well degraded clay with rising flint, the chalk is deep there. This wine is vinified as soon as it leaves the press in old oak barrels (more than 20 years old). Perfect as an aperitif or with a meal.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The Réserve Orpair Grand Cru is a 100% Chardonnay picked in 2008 and fermented and aged in 15 to 20 years old Burgundian pièces. Very clear, fresh and complex on the nose and just with a hint of oak this citric-fresh, mineral, straight and well structured Blanc de Blancs is still very young but reveals a good complexity and length and should develop well over the years. Because of the higher acidity in 2008 it has been disgorged with a dosage of 6 grams per liter after the wine had spent seven years on the lees.

Producer Information

Champagne Vauversin is 3 hectares and is located in the Grand Cru town of Oger, between the equally famous towns of Avize and Le-Mesnil-sur-Oger on the Côte des Blancs. The family has been involved in viticulture since 1640. In 2011, Laurent was the fourth generation to produce champagne under its own name. Only Chardonnay is grown, the annual production is only 18,000 bottles.Download winemaker informationLaurent is a person who questions and tackles a lot when it seems important to him. He wants to create the best possible and most sensible transition, between preserving centuries of experience and new, contemporary impulses and visions.The first thing he tackled was the conversion to organic viticulture - in 2014 the winery received certification, making it the first organic company in Oger. Biodiversity in the vineyard was particularly important to him.

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