The mouthfeel is tonic, well present and teases the taste buds. The bubble, caressing, balances the wild strawberry jam and the ripe blood orange. This harmony continues on a delicate minerality and nice bitters with beautiful notes of tangerine.
Producer Information
Champagne Drappier is a Champagne house located in the commune of Urville in the Aube, the southernmost subregion of Champagne.The house, founded in 1808, is known for its Pinot Noir-dominant wines, and its minimal use of sulfur and dosage. Drappier’s top wine is the prestige tête de cuvée, Grande Sendrée, and it produces a range of non-vintage and vintage Champagnes. The estate owns 62 hectares (153 acres) of vineyard land mainly around Urville and the wider Aude region. The company also sources fruit through contractual arrangements with local growers. Pinot Noir thrives in the Aube and makes up the bulk of Drappier’s plantings, although Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and small amounts of Petit Meslier, Blanc Vrai, and Arbane are also seen. In the winery, base wines are blended, bottled, and then aged on their lees in Drappier’s underground cellars. After remuage (riddling) and disgorgement, Drappier’s Champagnes are lightly dosed with liqueur d’expedition – a wine that has been aged in oak casks, then in demijohns, for more than 10 years. This addition allows for a more complex, longer finish. Drappier’s Urville-based cellars were constructed by Cistercian monks from Clairvaux Abbey and are among the oldest in Champagne, dating back to 1152.
