Pinot Meunier - Coteaux Champenois Rouge, Fabien Bergeronneau
Schitterende en zeldzame rode wijn, Coteaux Champenois Rouge van Fabien Bergeronneau.
In de Champagne worden niet alleen mousserende wijnen gemaakt.
Van "Champagnemaker" Fabien Bergeronneau deze bijzondere rode wijn van de lokale "Meunier druiven"
In het glas is deze Coteaux Champenois licht robijnrood gekleurd met levendige aroma's van donkerrood fruit als aardbei, rode bes, framboos en braam samen met hints van zoethout en toast.
In de mond is de aanzet heel verfijnd, zacht Pinot Meunier fruit met wat zuurtjes, mooi van structuur, iets romig, gevolgd door wat vanille en toast van een periode rijping in de vaten.
De wijn past goed bij een lunch of diner met verfijnde gerechten met charcuterie, ham uit Reims, licht roze gegrilde tonijn, zacht romig vegetarisch en jong belegen kaas, Comté bijvoorbeeld.
Het verhaal van de tros druiven op het etiket.
De Pinot Meunier druiven zijn afkomstig van de ‘Chevillevy’ wijngaard en wordt getroffen door de ‘court-noué’-ziekte Deze ziekte veroorzaakt vervorming aan het blad en naast gewoon goed rijpende druiven ook de ontwikkeling van kleine pitloze bessen. Deze kleine druifjes geven een betere aromatische concentratie hetgeen goed samengaat met het doel, een mooi rijke lichtrode wijn maken met veel smaak.
- Wijnhuis: Fabien Bergeronneau & Familie
- Druivenrassen: Meunier
- Wijnregio: Champagne - Reims
- Herkomst: DOC Coteaux Champenois
- Inhoud: 0,75L
- Oplage: 600 genummerde flessen
- Alcohol: 12,5%
- Productiewijze: Duurzaam HVE certificaat, nauwelijks interventie, minimaal sulfiet
- Schenktemperatuur: 16-19 graden
Located in the village of Ville-Dommange in the Montagne de Reims, Fabien estate practices a sustainable and respectful viticulture.
Fabien Bergeronneau comes from a family of precursors in the Champagne region. Her grandfather was one of the first to make organic wines or to install an elevator in his cellar. He was also one of the last to continue to plow and earth up the rootstock to fight the freeze.
The Bergeronneau family are originally from Jouy les Reims. Fabien's parents Florent and Marion come from two families with different stories and paths, but both the paternal and maternal sides have long generations of winegrower. Florent’s father François – fell in love with the winegrowing profession from his grandmother Adèle Savant who was winegrower. At that time, the family was part of the village cooperative, but Florent decided to take things further once finishing his training at the Viticultural College of Avize.
François and his wife Pierrette had three children including Florent – born in 1963 – to whom François transmitted his know-how.
Following his studies, an ambitious Florent Bergeronneau came back to the family estate in order to help his parents in the vineyard, but bringing his personal touch. He was renowned for taking his time, doing things step by step guided by his passion and his love for the vines. He was gifted his first plot from his parents when he was 18 . He continued to keep traditions, creating wines as a member of the cooperative but already with the goal to become an independent winegrower.
A few years later, he met Véronique Marion – a winegrower originally from the village of Trigny in the Montagne de Reims also with a training background from the Avize Viticultural College. Following their marriage, they decided to group their estates and produce champagnes together reflecting their common passion. Thanks to their ambition, they accomplished the wish of Florent to become an independent winegrower thanks to the purchase of a wine press. This was the beginning of the Champagne F. Bergeronneau Marion which was then passed on to their daughter Virginie.
In the press room, once the grapes are picked, they go through a pneumatic press of 8000 kg before juices then wines can be vinified in the second cellar of the estate.
The cellar is divided in two parts : a 19th century vaulted cellar as well as another more modern area built by the grandfather. The cellars have been air-conditioned for an ideal and constant aging temperature for the wines and everything has been renovated – insulation, air conditioning.
There are 12 large vats and 15 small ones which are not thermoregulated as there is no need for it since the temperature of the cellar remains constant thanks to the ventilation system. The house also owns a beautiful collection of barrels from the cooperage of the region – La tonnellerie de Champagne – as well as from the Bordeaux region. Each barrel has already seen wines before being used for the cuvées of the estate as the use of wood is only to magnify and make more complex the wines with elegance and finesse.
