De Sousa Réserve Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Magnum 1.5L

You are looking at a 100% Grand Cru chardonnay coming from excellent sites in Avize, Oger, Les Mesnil Sur, Oger, Cramant & Chouilly. All of De Sousa wines are certified Organic and Biodynamic with careful consideration to their soil and manual handling of grapes at harvest.

If you enjoy champagne that has charm and vibrant, fresh appeal, then keep reading. This has ripe citrus fruit with clear-cut minerality and a textural richness underpinned by older vines (around 45 years). We love wines like this because they are easy to enjoy and they truly deliver. Think along the lines of nougat, almond, lemon-curd with herbal notes.

Any fresh seafood to highlight the mineral dimension in this wine and it's citrus-driven texture. Favourites

The base vintage is from the 2016 harvest with between 25-30% reserve wines added. Dosage sits at extra brut level 5 g/L. This remains unfined and unfiltered so a small deposit may occur.

Bottled: 27 / 07 / 2017 Disgorged: 15 / 12 / 20

The De Sousa family are based in the Grand Cru village of Avize in the Côte Des Blancs. Father and Vigneron Erick De Sousa has a Portuguese background and practices Biodynamic viticulture. The family runs just over 9 hectares, most of which in Avize but also in the Montagne de Reims and Ambonnay, also a small vineyard in the Marne Valley - Mardeuil. The main characteristics of De Sousa Champagne are; *'Vieilles Vignes' or old-vine viticulture.

The vineyards organically farmed and are ploughed traditionally by horse. Some of the oldest vines go back to the early 1930's. Full malolactic fermentation is used, with extended lees ageing and ageing of reserve wines in barrel.

Ericks' winemaking philosophy supports later ripening which allows the vines to benefit from the mineral-rich soils. This interaction enables the champagne to develop a palate profile that has abundance and purity and in our view, a remarkable length and finish compared to many other champagnes.