AR Lenoble Brut Intense Champagne NV is an elegant, bone dry Champagne blended from the three traditional champagne grape varieties, with 20% Chardonnay from the Grand Cru village of Chouilly, 45% Pinot Noir from the Premier Cru village of Bisseuil and 35% Pinot Meunier from Damery in the Marne Valley.
This is an elegant Champagne. The Grand Cru Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs is dominant providing soft nutty flavour with fine bubbles and a fruity nose. Fresh acidity complements the brioche and baked apple pie notes which can be tasted long into the finish.
The longer cellar ageing and high proportion of reserve wines, conserved in wooden barrels, allows the dosage to be kept to a minimum and the overall taste to be exquisite.
'MAG 17' shows that the base wines are from the 2017 harvest and this Champagne has been aged in magnum bottles in the cellar - magnum-sized bottles of Champagne are considered by wine experts to be the most favourable bottle size for maturing the wine. The ratio of air to liquid is lower in large format bottles and therefore allows the wine to age much more slowly resulting in a perfectly complex taste.
The pressure inside a bottle of Champagne can be as high as 90 pounds per square inch (psi), which is about three times the pressure inside an average car tyre. This is because the carbon dioxide produced during the secondary fermentation is trapped inside the bottle, creating the wine's signature bubbles.
The traditional wire cage used to secure the cork in place is called a "muselet", it takes six half-twists to secure it properly.
The grapes, most commonly Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot meunier, are used to make several base wines that are assembled together to make Champagne, English Sparkling wine and other classic cuvée wines.
Champagne blends can also include Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. Other appelations have rules about which grapes can be included.
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