Flavien Nowack Champagne ‘Les Bauchets’ Blanc de Pinot Noir Extra Brut 2019

Where: Champagne, France
Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir
Body: Medium
Category: Sparkling Wine / Champagne 

From the importer: 

Organic. 100% Pinot Noir. The only sparkling fully from Pinot Noir produced at Nowack that is from an estate single-vineyard. ‘Les Bauchets’ is on very pure white marne soils; Flavien mentions it’s visible right at the surface of the soils. The Pinot Noir at Bauchets was planted in 1980. Fruit is from harvest 2019; no dosage; 2 g/L RS. Vinification is with fully spontaneous/natural yeasts; the base wine is unfined and unfiltered. Aging is done in small oak barrels.

Pink and purple florals are palpable on the nose; round and robust sensation on the palate, with a touch of richness in this vintage.

ORGANIC  //  native yeasts  // minimal intervention 

NV (2019 Base)  //  750ml  

Flavien Nowack began refocusing his family's estate on single vintage, single parcel bottlings in 2011. Passionate that nothing should come between the purest expression of terroir, he farms organically, does not chaptalize and does not seek malo-lactic fermentation. He relies on the natural yeast of unfermented grape must as his prise de mousse for the secondary fermentation in bottle. As a result, these Champagnes are lower in pressure than is typical and underscores the vinous quality of these exceptionally soft and delicate wines. He does not chaptalize and does not seek malo-lactic fermentation. A young talent with a clear vision.