Millésime 2012 Premier Cru Brut | Champagne by Jean Baillette-Prudhomme | fatcork
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Millésime 2012 Premier Cru Brut

Jean Baillette-Prudhomme

$92

A Hail Mary August gave this 2012 vintage a fighting chance. After frost and hail reduced the crop earlier in the year, fairer weather in August helped ripen grapes that showed better concentration and good levels of acidity balanced by ripe sugar content and flavors. All in all it ended up being an exceptional vintage!

See: Antique gold with an elegant, super-fine bead and a gentle mousse that dissipates quickly

Smell: Orchard fruit and a kiss of oak with hints of vanilla, wood shavings and toasted brioche

Taste: Ripe pear, white peach and nectarine. Rich in body with a voluptuous and silky mouthfeel. Balanced acidity and salinity in the finish.

Pair: This bottle is a perfect fit for a grazing board spread of salty meats, hard crumbly cheeses, juicy olives and all the necessary accoutrements  — mustards and jams and breads! Oh my!

Celebrate: After months of time trials and training, you finally got that sponsorship from your favorite local running store, and the countdown to your marathon has begun. Cheers to hard work, determination and the wind at your back. 

Village: Trois-Puits
Region: Montagne de Reims
Vintage: 100% 2012
Varietal: 70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay
Disgorgement: July 2022
Dosage: 6 g/l

Laureen Baillette; her mother, Marie-France; and her sister, Justine, are Champagne Baillette-Prudhomme, a celebrated 5-hectares estate in Trois-Puits on the slopes of Montagne de Reims. A sixth-generation vigneron, Laureen is passionate about every step of the Methode Champenoise from cultivating the vines and pressing the grapes (in a traditional press painted fuschia) to managing vinification and riddling each and every bottle by hand.

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