Dehours et Fils “Maisoncelle” Blanc de Noir Extra Brut

95 POINTS: Bettane & Desseauve
93 POINTS: Jeb Dunnuck

Mostly Pinot Noir with a touch of Pinot Meunier. Very rare.

“Maisoncelle comes from one of our rare plots of old (and so small-yield) pinot noir vines. It is situated halfway up the slope, above the Village of Port à Binson (within the Mareuil le Port district) and has a North-East orientation. The plot is over 300m long, with clay/silt soil, poor in limestone and rich in iron. Most of the vines are pinot noir with just a little meunier stock. For this wine, to ensure the best results, we only use grapes from the vines at the bottom of the plot which we replanted in spring 2012.”
- Jérôme Dehours

Jérôme Dehours is a third-generation winemaker making deliciously rich and charismatic Champagne from the cool Flagot valley, a side valley on the north-facing left bank of La Vallee de la Marne. His 16 hectares of vineyards cover over 40 different plots across the villages of Mareuil le Port, Cerseuil, Oeuilly and Troissy, all within 3km of his winery, on a variety of expositions and soil types – from clay and sand to limestone, often changing within a single plot.

ABV 13%