Dehours & Fils NV Grande Reserve Brut
Dehours & Fils NV Grande Reserve Brut
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Dehours & Fils NV Grande Reserve Brut

Dehours & Fils
$58.00

Grape: Pinot Meunier Pinot Noir Chardonnay
Vintage: NV
Type: Sparkling

This Cuvée reveals the Pinot Meunier Character, the favorite grape variety in the Marne Valley area and the iconic identity of the property. With a high proportion of perpetual reserve started in 1998. Aged in the bottle for 27 months. Disgorged in December 2024 with a dosage of one gram per liter, the 2022 vintage was bolstered by 40% to 50% reserve wines from their perpetual cuvée. Expressive aromas of pear, peach, orange zest and elderflower while on the palette dried cherry, raspberry, salted almond and blood orange frame the flavors of this fleshy medium bodied wine which is underpinned by vibrant acidity delivering immediate pleasure.

 

Jérôme Dehours took over the domaine in 1999 and started a conversion to organic viticulture, which is now complete. The domaine consists of 42 parcels, all within close reach of the winery. Dehours was the first producer in Champagne to offer “vins parcellaires” emanating from their lieux dits – a now commonplace practice. Total production is typically 70 -80,000 bottles a year, all of which are held back for an above-average period before release.

The wines are not filtered or fined, all enjoy a passage through wood, and they go through malolactic fermentation naturally in the spring. The yeasts used are indigenous, but Dehours makes their own cocktail of the best. Jérôme likes to employ the tailles, so often sold off by other producers, feeling that they impart useful and attractive qualities to the finished wines. The wines are fully aged on lees, and clarified by natural decanting, without filtration or fining.