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Cedric Bouchard 2008 Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Noirs 'Les Ursules'
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Item Number: 4765

UPC: None

Country: France
Region: Champagne Sub Region: Aube
Appellation/AVA: Champagne
Vintage: 2008
Grape(s): Pinot Noir
Type: Wine - Sparkling
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.5
Viticulture: Organic


Vine Age: Average 30 years
Harvest: By hand

Winemaking Notes: From a single parcel densely planted at 8,000 vines/hectare of 30 year old Pinot Noir, Cédric produces a cuvee from the parcel, “Les Ursules.” The work in this 0.9 hectare vineyard is the same as for “Inflorescence.” After hand harvesting the grapes. Once harvested, the grapes are squeezed three times; only the first press is kept, which is the best quality and has the richest aroma. After the fermentation, the wine is not filtered but purified with the old method of natural purification. After, the wine stays on average three months in vats before bottling. The bottles are thus stacked in a round-shouldered cellar and kept at the average temperature of 10 degrees Celsius. Bottle fermentation takes place in about two months, the time necessary to obtain the beautiful bubble, which is very fine and of high quality. Bottles stay in the cellar until disgorging.

Reviews
Cedric Bouchard 2008 Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Noirs 'Les Ursules'
Rating: 3 Stars

Eight months after disgorgement, this is still painfully youthful, its succulent, concentrated fruit flavors feeling tensely coiled. It's unusually fine in texture even for this cuv_e, showing a vivid detail and precision, and both acidity and minerality combine to give this a gripping focus. The flavors turn increasingly darker as this opens, picking up notes of blackberry and cassis that stain the palate with their vibrant, energetic intensity, and they persist with long, regal length and a lovely sense of subtlety and poise. This is a rich, highly structured version of Les Ursules that will need much more time to develop than previous editions did at the same stage, but it promises to be terrific

- Peter Liem's ChampagneGuide.net (3/1/2011)