La Côte de Chignon
Cépages
100% Pinot Noir
2019 harvest
Single-vineyard cuvée from “La Côte de Chignon”
Vinification
Only the first press juice (“tête de cuvée”) is used
100% aged in oak barrels
Malolactic fermentation not encouraged
Natural cold stabilization
Bottled in July 2020
Aged in the cellar for a minimum of 60 months
Released 12 months after disgorgement
Dosage
0.65 gr/litre of sugar - Extra Brut
Terroirs
- Pinot Noir from south-facing slopes in Avenay-Val-d’Or, planted in 1970
- Premier Cru
- Subsoils: clay-limestone
- Soils ploughed both under the vine rows and between the rows
Commercialization
- 864 bottles produced
La côte de Chignon is part of the Saintot history. This cuvée comes from a single parcel, La côte de chignon. On the top of this parcel, a cherry tree of the family planted in 1934, planted by William's father, Clément Saintot. As far as the champagne is concerned, we will see that it has a very powerful nose mixing plum flesh, prune, vanilla brioche and toast. The palate is very well bound and astonishingly rich and fat while being balanced by freshness. A wine of exceptional tension and character.
