J LASSALLE "CACHET OR" PREMIER CRU BRUT RESERVE CHAMPAGNE

NV J LASSALLE "CACHET OR" PREMIER CRU BRUT CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE. Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir (equal parts). (Lutte Raisonnée / Sustainable)

J. Lassalle works with all three varietals (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier) on sixteen hectares of vineyards, all of them premier cru. Every bottle is riddled by hand, and all cuvées are aged extensively once in bottle, resulting in an astonishing complexity and depth. "Cachet Or" comes from average 50 year-old vines planted to limestone and clay soils. It is aged 3 years on lees before disgorgement and has 9g/L dosage (Brut). Laced with peachy fruit and baking spice, you will love this Champagne’s full mouse and accessible, up-front personality. One of the better Champagne values out there.

About: Jules Lassalle established this family-owned Champagne house in 1942 in the village of Chigny-Les-Roses on the Montagne de Reims. A master of his craft, he established a signature style of elegant, tightly knit wines with a certain ampleur. When he passed away in 1982 his wife, Olga, and their daughter, Chantal Decelle-Lassalle, stepped in and took over the estate, upholding Jules’ high standards and progressively pushing the domaine to the next level. In 2006 Chantal’s daughter, Angéline Templier, joined the estate as winemaker. Their twenty-eight-year tradition of “une femme, un esprit, un style” (one woman, one spirit, one style) holds true today more than ever. In the 1970s, Kermit was the first to begin importing artisanal, grower Champagne, and the Lassalles have been in the KLWM portfolio longer than anyone. Today, we are proud that the relationship has continued into the third generation of the Lassalle family.

Champagne J. Lassalle works with all three varietals authorized in the region (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier) on sixteen hectares of vineyards, all of them premier cru. These tough, hardworking women continue to follow the vinification methods established by Jules in the forties: they use the same wooden basket press he installed in the winery over fifty years ago, pressing and vinifying the individual plots separately. It is one of the rare Champagnes that has been allowed to finish its malolactic fermentation, just like the great whites from the Côte d’Or, and all cuvées are aged extensively once in bottle—even the non-vintage cuvées, which are a minimum of five years old. This results in an astonishing complexity and depth from the beginning of their range up to the luxury cuvées. Don’t miss their Blanc de Blancs, sourced uniquely from premier cru Chardonnay grown on the Montagne de Reims. It is a classic vin de terroir that ages beautifully. (Importer)
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