Gounel-Lassalle Les Agneaux – Magnum

$260.00 excl. GST

Who: Gounel-Lassalle
Where: Champagne, France
What: 100% Meunier

An east-west facing plot of just 27 ares (0.27 hectares), where the soils are incredibly nutrient rich, planted solely to Meunier. Its living soils giving an insight to its name – and as to why sheep (agneaux)  may have been kept there previously!

As with all their single parcel wines, it’s barrel-aged before going to bottle, where it is cork-aged for secondary fermentation. 

Only 2,075 bottles + 200 magnums produced. 

Only 1 left in stock

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Description

Champagne Gounel-Lassalle’s family history dates back to 1870, but it wasn’t until 2018 that the first Champagnes were released under their own label. Arnaud Gounel, the fourth generation of the family, and his wife Sophie Lassalle now manage the estate’s 3 hectares of vines, having chosen to produce their own Champagne rather than remain part of the local co-operative.

Their focus is on showcasing the unique character of their 29 plots in Chigny-les-Roses, with several parcellaire bottlings designed to highlight the intricate nature of the myriad of soils under their feet. The vines are farmed with respect for nature and are in the process of obtaining organic certification. In the cellar, oak is primarily used, and majority of the wines are aged tiré liège (under cork) for secondary fermentation. No dosage is added to any of their cuvées, allowing the complex and detailed expressions of the wines to shine in their purest form.

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