Fosse Grely Brut Nature 2018 | Champagne by Ruppert-Leroy | fatcork
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Fosse Grely Brut Nature 2018

Ruppert Leroy

$106

Each year, Ruppert-Leroy produces only 7,000 bottles of this nuanced cuvée, named after the Fosse-Grely vineyard. Squeezed from grapes grown in rich, red clay-limestone soil, the juice rests sur lie for six months in stainless steel, and it ages for an additional two years in the bottle before disgorgement.

Fosse-Grely is the largest parcel of their the domaine. The name "Fosse", french for ditch, and "Grely" an old regional term for gravel speak to the terroir of this plot of grapes, the first parcel to be planted back in the 1980s by Gérard, Bénédicte's father.

See: Golden honey with a frothy mousse 

Smell: Red fruit, peach leaves and tuberose petals

Taste: Bing cherry, red anjou pear followed by a burst of fresh citrus. Silky with a pronounced mineral finish.

Pair: These bubbles shine on their own or with a light crunchy snack of seedy crackers and hard cheese. This bottle is also a knockout pairing with white fish baked in parchment with fresh herbs and lemon butter. 

Celebrate: You were like oil and water growing up, arguing about everything from clothes and music to who had the better jump shot. But somewhere in your 20s, you discovered that your childhood wouldn’t have been nearly as fun without them. Cheers to being older, wiser and having a sibling who’s more like a best friend.  

Village: Essoyes

Region: Aube

Vintage: 100% 2018

Varieties: 80% chardonnay, 20% pinot noir

Disgorgement: October 2020

Dosage: 0 g/l

Vigneron Bénédicte Leroy and her husband, Emmanuel, make Champagne from their estate in the village of Essoyes on the same land where Bénédict’s father, Gerard, settled as a sheep farmer in the 1970s. Today, as a way of honoring the land, the husband-and-wife team uses organic and biodynamic methods to make single-vintage, zero-dosage cuvées.

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