Champagne Extra Brut Bulles de Comptoir 13 - Cuisine du Dimanche - Charles Dufour

Champagne Extra Brut Bulles de Comptoir 13 - Cuisine du Dimanche  - Charles Dufour

Charles Dufour's Extra Brut Champagne "Bulles de Comptoir 13 - Cuisine du Dimanche" is a Champagne from the Côte de Bars region, made from a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Blanc. Most of the blend (65%) is from the 2022 vintage, with the remaining 20% being Reserve grapes from 1982-2021. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. Aged in Burgundian barrels and large oak barrels. No fining or filtration is performed before bottling. Approximately 12000 bottles produced.

Service

It is recommended to serve it at a temperature of 8/10° in tulip glasses. Wine to drink immediately but will express its best in a few years. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairings

Try it with delicate fish dishes from appetizers to main courses, try also with spaghetti with clams.

The cellar: Charles Dufour

Charles Dufour is a young winemaker and winemaker who cultivates 6 certified organic hectares in Landreville, in the Côtes des Bars region of the Aube department. Coming from a family immersed in the wine tradition of this off the beaten path of a Champagne region, some of the vineyards were planted by his grandfather and are quite old. Charles prefers to work with natural yeasts for the fermentations of his wines and the wines are free of added sulfur. Charles was interested in using the Pinot Blanc in his cuvées, with this vine that is found significantly in its Bulles de Comptoir bottling. Recently it has bottled a single varietal Pinot Blanc from a single vineyard, Le Champs du Clos. The dosage is extremely low, sometimes only 2 g / liter. Liqueur de tirage is a blend of wine and cane sugar and the yeasts used in secondary fermentation come from its own vineyards. None of his wines has ever been fined or filtered.