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.