La Vigne Royale 2007

SUBSOIL Hard limestone from the Lutetian

VILLAGE Celles-lès-Condé, Vallée de la Marne

SLOPE 33% with a South exposition, over the confluence of Surmelin and Dhuys rivers

ALTITUDE 170 meters

VINE AGE Massale selection planted in 1991

FARMING Minimum soil disturbance and natural grass cover in the inter-rows. Herbotherapy treatments, Cordon de Royat pruning with Poussard method. Self green manure or organic fertilisers

VINTAGE CLIMATE First extrem climate year
of our generation. Long snowy winter, hard frost, legendary canicular summer

HARVEST Early morning of the 12th September 2007

TRADITIONAL VINIFICATION Slow press by gravity, spontaneous fermentation and 8 months on the lees in burgundian oak-barrel. No malolactic. Without finings

BOTTLING 17 April 2008

DISGORGING 6 June 2022, 14 years and 2 months ageing on lees in bottle

DOSAGE 0 g/L Brut Nature

PRODUCTION 1500 bottles