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Item Number: 1289
UPC: 0805109610057
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Sub Region: Vallee de la Marne
Appellation/AVA: Champagne AOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Grape(s): 41% Chardonnay / 35% Pinot Noir / 24% Pinot Meunier
Type: Wine - Sparkling
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Viticulture: Certified Biodynamic
Soil Type: Limestone and gravel
Even though this is officially a non-vintage wine, this bottling always comes from a single vintage and the percentages represent the most current release, 2009. Indigenous yeast used. Aged for 12 months in French oak. 4g/l dosage.
About the Name: "Entre Ciel et Terre" means between sky and earth.
Vineyard Information: One of the biggest proponents of the Pinot Meunier grape, Françoise ’s holdings are primarily made up of this varietal now and it features highly in her bottlings. In Crouttes-sur-Marne, Françoise Bedel tends vines just feet from the Marne river. The vineyards are planted on a complex soil structure of chalk, gravel, clay, and some grey schist in some parcels. Her south and southeast facing vineyards are worked year round by her son Vincent and not a drop of non-organic treatments have been used on the vines since 1997. This is as far west as you can go in Champagne and still be in Champagne.
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Champagne Francoise Bedel et Fils NV 'Entre Ciel et Terre' Brut, Champagne AOC
Rating: 93
Exhibit A in the case for Bedel and her obscure
terroir must be a NV Brut Entre Ciel et Terre
EB041012, which places Meunier in something more
like its usual supporting role, letting Chardonnay and
Pinot step forward. Jasmine, green tea, lime, grapefruit,
and white currant inform a brightly penetrating
yet subtly perfumed nose, whose elements are
joined on a palpably lees-enriched yet vivacious and
consummately refreshing palate by nut oils, smoky
toasted grain and saliva-liberating salinity. A subtle
sense of textural oiliness reinforces the nut and citrus
oil aspects but without deflecting any of this wine’s
effusive juiciness or dimming the invigorating tang
incorporated in a mouthwateringly long finish tinged
with iodine.
- The Wine Advocate (11/30/2013)
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Champagne Francoise Bedel et Fils NV 'Entre Ciel et Terre' Brut, Champagne AOC
Rating: 92
(web only) Mineral flavors and a silvery, citrus edge, with hints of iodine, are backed by a vibrant structure. Honey and nascent coffee notes play out on the long finish. Drink now through 2013. 2,500 cases made
- The Wine Spectator (12/15/2010)
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Champagne Francoise Bedel et Fils NV 'Entre Ciel et Terre' Brut, Champagne AOC
Rating: 90
Vivid gold. An exotically perfumed bouquet displays floral honey, poached pear, redcurrant, white flowers and chalky minerals. A hint of toasted nuts comes up with air and carries onto the palate, adding depth to lively blood orange and orchard fruit flavors. Weighty but lively as well, with strong finishing cut, a nutty echo and very good smoky persistence
- International Wine Cellar (12/1/2010)
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