CHARLES DUFOUR

PAST WINES

#11 TERRINE ET JARDIN

This wine comes from Charles Dufour’s organic vineyard in Landreville, a village in Champagne’s southern Côte des Bar. Classic kimmeridgian chalk soils mingle with heavier clay marls leading to an intermingling of poise and power. This release is a blend of Pinot Noir (60%), Chardonnay (30%), and Pinot Blanc (10%). 80% of the wine comes from the 2020 vintage, 20% comes from vintages as far back as the 1980s now that Charles has disgorged his father’s cellar into his reserve perpetuelle – an ode to the past. He ferments three quarters of his wines in barrel while the remainder ferments in stainless steel. Both primary fermentation and malolactic conversion are done with indigenous microorganisms. After bottling, the wine spends 15 months on lees during secondary fermentation. It was disgorged in January 2023 and sees an extra-brut dosage (<3g/l). No additional SO2 was added. 12% ABV

VIN DE COMPTOIR

This Coteaux Champenois is made from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Blanc from Charles’ vineyards in Ource. The grapes were whole-cluster pressed into neutral barrel for primary fermentation and malolactic conversion. After élevage, the wine (from the 2019 vintage) is blended with his reserve perpetuelle which has been going for nearly a decade. It was bottled in October of 2020 without fining, filtration, or SO2.

 

#10 TCHIN TCHIN

This wine comes from Charles Dufour’s organic vineyard in Landreville, a village in Champagne’s southern Côte des Bar. Classic kimmeridgian chalk soils mingle with heavier clay marls leading to an intermingling of poise and power. This release is a blend of Pinot Noir (60%), Chardonnay (30%), and Pinot Blanc (10%). 80% of the wine comes from the 2019 vintage, 20% comes from vintages as far back as the 1980s now that Charles has disgorged his father’s cellar into his reserve perpetuelle – an ode to the past. He ferments three quarters of his wines in barrel while the remainder ferments in stainless steel. Both primary fermentation and malolactic conversion are done with indigenous microorganisms. After bottling, the wine spends 15 months on lees during secondary fermentation. It was disgorged in January 2022 and sees an extra-brut dosage (<3g/l). No additional SO2 was added. 12% ABV

#9 TRADITION

This wine comes from Charles Dufour’s organic vineyard in Landreville, a village in Champagne’s southern Côte des Bar. Classic kimmeridgian chalk soils mingle with heavier clay marls leading to an intermingling of poise and power. This release is a blend of Pinot Noir (60%), Chardonnay (30%), and Pinot Blanc (10%). 80% of the wine comes from the 2018 vintage, 20% comes from vintages as far back as 2010. He ferments three quarters of his wines in barrel while the remainder ferments in stainless steel. Both primary fermentation and malolactic conversion are done with indigenous microorganisms. After bottling, the wine spends 15 months on lees during secondary fermentation. It was disgorged in January 2021 and sees an extra-brut dosage (<3g/l). No additional SO2 was added. 12% ABV

#8 STILLLEBEN

This wine comes from Charles Dufour’s organic vineyard in Landreville, a village in Champagne’s southern Côte des Bar. Classic kimmeridgian chalk soils mingle with heavier clay marls leading to an intermingling of poise and power. This release is a blend of Pinot Noir (60%), Chardonnay (30%), and Pinot Blanc (10%). 85% of the wine comes from the 2017 vintage, but 15% comes from vintages as far back as 2010. He ferments three quarters of his wines in barrel while the remainder ferments in stainless steel. Both primary fermentation and malolactic conversion are done with indigenous microorganisms. After bottling, the wine spends 15 months on lees during secondary fermentation. It was disgorged in January 2020 and sees an extra-brut dosage (<3g/l). No additional SO2 was added. 11.55% ABV, pH 3.13, 27ppm total SO2.