Champagne Veuve Fourny - Champagne 1er Cru - Blanc de Blancs - Extra-Brut - White

Wine:

Made from the estate's oldest vines, planted in the 1960s, the 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra-Brut is a delicate, chiselled champagne with pure fruit. The contribution of reserve wines gives it a beautiful patina, and offers an enveloping, airy structure that unfolds with volume. A champagne to be served with oysters, crab or langoustines.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Terroir : Vertus Premier Cru and other Premiers Crus - Soil: rendzine on chalk - Vines aged 40 years on average. Blend of 3 consecutive vintages: 2020, 2019, 2018 and 20% reserve wines. Made exclusively with Première Presse wines. Aged for 7 months on lees 75% in vats and 25% in barrels. Bottled in May 2021. Minimal use of sulfur. No filtration. Mirtyk Diamant cork. Bottle aging on laths in the estate's 19th-century cellars at a constant, low temperature. Disgorged in February 2024. Dosage: 5 g/l, grape sugar (Extra-brut).

Temperature:

Serve between 8 and 10°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Aperitifs, sushi, sashimi, oysters, crabs, langoustines, scallops.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028.

Indissociable from the terroir of Vertus, the Veuve Fourny Champagne stands as a model address in Champagne. Since 1995, Charles-Henry and Emmanuel Fourny have been cultivating 30 hectares, showcasing the pure and refined magic of Chardonnay from this Côte des Blancs region.

Old vines, massal selections, plot-by-plot vinification, and meticulous attention to the vineyard, including trials in organic and biodynamic farming, form the foundation of these precise cuvées. The brothers have elevated their wines to the highest level of Champagne, focusing on the crispness of the fruit and the brilliance of the terroir, thanks to fine adjustments, oak barrel vinification, and the aging of reserve wines in large vats, barrels, and tanks.