Fleury Boléro Extra Brut 2006 (Sparkling)

Maison Fleury is located in southern Champagne, in Aube, more precisely in the Côte des Bar, south of the Seine Valley (less than 50 km from Troyes). It covers 15 hectares, mostly planted with Pinot Noir (85%) but also with Chardonnay (10%), Pinot Blanc (3%) and Pinot Gris (2%). The domain was founded in 1895. Emile, the great-grandfather of the current generation, winemaker and nurseryman, was the first to plant Pinots Noirs grafted in the region after the invasion of phylloxera. His son, Robert, produced his own champagne for the first time from 1929 and was already part of these still rare récoltants manipulants anxious to produce champagne from high quality vines. His son Jean-Pierre took over the domain in 1962. From 1970 he was interested in more ecological farming practices: mechanical weeding and organic fertilisers. Increasingly involved in ""clean"" viticulture, in 1989 he became the first Champagne winemaker to convert his vineyard to biodynamics. Since 2009 it has been Jean-Sebastien, the fourth generation of the Fleury family who has taken over the reins by continuing and refining the cultural practices while making the cellar work more precise, especially by creating exceptional cuvées. As well as his domain, the maison purchases (organic) grapes. Both in the cellar and in the vineyards, the domain works with total respect for the grapes, as naturally as possible and by "" slowly hurrying"", all the champagnes produced which have been aged for considerable time in the cellars before disgorgement. Some cuvées are vinified in wood and some are sulphur-free. In addition, the long history of biodynamics in the domain (over 20 years!) gives the wines a depth and a balance which is rarely reached in the region. It is an unusual and very interesting maison.

Cette maison de champagne, installée dans la Côte des Bars depuis la fin du XIXème siècle, est l'une des maisons les plus originales de toute la région. En effet, pionnière dans l'introduction du pinot noir post phylloxérique en Champagne et aussi pionnière de la biodynamie, qu'elle pratique depuis 1989, cette maison a toujours eu à coeur de faire les vins parmi les plus mûrs et aboutis. Les pinot noir de la maison ont ainsi atteint un registre d'élégance et de plénitude, très rares, qui en font des vins au fruit savoureux.
Cette cuvée,100% pinot noir, est une cuvée de grande garde. En effet, afin que le vin s'assagisse, il est nécessaire que la bouteille soit gardée quelques années. D'un fruité intense et savoureux au nez, sa bouche, très vineuse et fraîche, possède une grande allonge. Son style avec peu de dosage en fait un vin de gastronomie, qui saura être apprécié sur des mets délicats.

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