Les Vignes de Montgueux - Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs

What the RVF says in its 2018 Guide: "Antoine-Marie Arena produced his first wines in 2014. Antoine Arena's youngest son has been working and making wine at the family estate for years. He now signs his own cuvées, taking charge of Hauts de Carco in white and Carco in red, and made his entry in the 2017 edition. The reading of the wines and the sensitivity of the new blended wines confirm the talent of this young winemaker. The coherence and depth of his wines are beyond doubt: we award him a well-deserved second star. The wines: they give a lot of emotion, show both precision and accuracy. Hauts de Carco has great purity, a powerful yet firm mouthfeel. Bianco Gentile is a model, with the maturity of this grape variety, without its drawbacks: full-bodied, it is well managed by bitters that reframe it. Bianchi, a blend of vermentino, biancu gentile and muscat, is subtle. It exhales notes of rose and cumin, and delights us with its harmonious mouthfeel, its quality length; for a lemon chicken. Carco, not very extracted and infused, is distinguished by its right substance and finesse. Memoria is chubbier and fuller, but retains the precision of the fruit and the quality of the tannins. Finally, San Giovanni, still very young, offers spicy nuances and a quality substance. It seduces by its dimension"

"Le petit vignoble de Montgueux détonne au sein de la Côte des Bar où le pinot noir est planté sur des marnes kimméridgiennes. Sur cette croupe calcaire située à une dizaine de kilomètres à l’ouest de Troyes, le chardonnay est roi.

 

Sur 5,75 hectares enherbés (dont 2 en achat de raisins), Emmanuel Lassaigne cherche à produire des blancs de blancs typés au plus proche du goût du raisin et du sol grâce des vinifications partiellement en fût, une pression faible lors de la prise de mousse, un dégorgement à la volée sans glaçage, sans ajout de sulfite ni de liqueur de dosage. Moins ciselés et tendus que les chardonnays de la Côte des Blancs, ces champagnes s’affirment dans un profil plus exotique, savoureux et délicat." RVF Guide