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Item Number: 4446
UPC: 3760187480015
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Sub Region: Aube
Appellation/AVA: Champagne AOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir
Type: Wine - Sparkling
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Viticulture: Practicing Biodynamic
Soil Type: Clay-limestone
Winemaking Notes: 'Résonance' is the entry-level cuvée of the Marie-Courtin Champagne House. Made from grapes grown by biodynamic methods with natural yeasts and minimal intervention by the winemaker, this wine is made to express the unique terroir of the hillside vineyard. Produced entirely from Pinot Noir grapes, 'Résonance' is a table Champagne which combines maturity and full-bodied flavor.
Food Pairing: Japanese-Style Grilled Fish
About the Estate: Though
Dominique Moreau has only been in control of the Marie-Courtin estate
(named for her grandmother) since 2000, her Champagnes have come to
achieve an elegance that is already gaining an international reputation.
Her vineyard is small: just 2.5 hectares, but is more than enough to
create her vision of single-vineyard, single-varietal Champagnes. Her
Pinot Noir grapes, which comprise 90 percent of her planting, thrive in
the vineyard’s clay and chalk soils, and create complex wines with
vibrant minerality. She uses organic and biodynamic viticulture in the
fields, hand harvesting, natural yeasts, and a focus on low yields to
preserve intensity in her grapes.
Her
hillside vineyard in Polisot (located the next town over from
Celles-sur-Ource, where Cédric Bouchard lives and works) is home to 35
to 40 year-old Pinot vines, which were chosen by a unique process known
as massal: rather than creating vine clones from one mother plant,
massal practice employs many exceptional plants to create clones. This
enables a genetically diverse crop of grapes, and a complex, layered
flavor in the resulting wines.
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Champagne Marie-Courtin NV 'Resonance' Extra Brut, Champagne AOC
Rating: 92
Pale yellow. Intense, mineral-accented aromas of lime zest, lemongrass,
quinine and white pepper. Dry and incisive on the palate, presenting
vibrant citrus and bitter pear skin flavors and a touch of rhubarb. Uncompromising, stony and focused, with excellent finishing clarity and
length. This Champagne was made entirely from 2009 fruit.
- International Wine Cellar (12/15/2012)
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Champagne Marie-Courtin NV 'Resonance' Extra Brut, Champagne AOC
Rating: 90
The NV (2007) Extra Brut Resonance possesses lovely richness and density in a round, polished style. This 100% Pinot shows wonderful depth and purity through to the long finish. The Resonance is sourced from 35-40 year old vines planted on clay and limestone rich soils. The wine was fermented and aged in steel, then bottled with no dosage. This is Lot# R07ND0410, disgorged April, 2010. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2015. These are the first wines I have tasted from Marie Courtin, a small grower based in Polisot, in the Cote des Bar. The vineyards have been farmed biodynamically since 2007. These wines represent the height of vinosity in Champagne. It will be fascinating to see what develops here in the coming years
- The Wine Advocate (12/1/2010)
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Champagne Marie-Courtin NV 'Resonance' Extra Brut, Champagne AOC
Rating: 2 Stars
This is youthful and vivacious, showing a lovely texture and finesse. It takes its time to open in the glass, revealing a soft minerality under the red-fruit perfume and bringing out a subtle complexity and pronounced vinosity on the palate. It's intensely expressive without being large in body, energized by the acidity of the 2007 vintage, and it feels harmonious and complete as a non-dos_
- Peter Liem's ChampagneGuide.net (5/1/2010)
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