Cuvée Louis
This Cuvée is the estate's most iconic wines and is made in a rich and lush style. After spending about several years on the lees, this full-bodied wine is complex and impressive.
Importer: Vinoteka Co., Ltd, MST 0313789985 · Seller: The Wine Vault Co., Ltd, MST 0315864130
Not for persons under 18 or pregnant women.
About this wine
Wine Style:
Sparkling - With layers of complex flavors after years on the lees, the wine over-delivers in secondary aromas and racy acidity.
Tasting Notes:
The wine is highly complex, with intense notes of nougat, nuts, berries, and baked pastry. It also offers a zippy acidity, an oxidative note, and a chalky mouthfeel. Nonetheless, it is a deep and powerful wine.
Sommelier's advice:
The complexity of the wine deserves a complex dish like scallops, seafood ravioli, or lobster. Other rich fishes, like salmon and fresh tuna, are also exceptional choices.
Vineyards:
A single plot, Les Crayons in Œuilly: pure Campanian chalk on a 12% slope above the Marne at 90 m; massal-selection vines planted in 1946–1948 by Louis Tarlant. Natural grass between the rows and light ploughing.
Maturation:
13 years and 11 months on the lees in bottle; disgorged on 29 March 2018
Winemaking process:
Cuvée Louis comes from Les Crayons, a chalky single vineyard of old vines in Tarlant's home village of Oeuilly, and is fermented in oak barrels before a long rest on its lees in bottle. First bottled in 1982, it was one of the earliest single-site Champagnes, made before Krug's Clos du Mesnil appeared. Our bottles: harvests 2002 and 2003, 8 months on the lees in Burgundian barrels, no malolactic, 13 years and 11 months on the lees in bottle, disgorged on 29 March 2018; 3,500 bottles.
Interesting notes:
The wine has received raving reviews from James Suckling, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, and Wine Spectator.
Vinoteka's note
Tarlant's prestige Champagne from a single plot, Les Crayons in Oeuilly, planted in the late 1940s. Half Chardonnay, half Pinot Noir, fermented in barrel and bottled with no added sugar. Years of ageing give it depth and intensity, so it shines at the dinner table more than as an aperitif.
“Apricot, hazelnut, dried flowers, chamomile and spice infuse the Louis Tarlant with notable intensity.”Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 94 points
Written by the Vinoteka team from the producer's technical sheet.
Customer reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to share your impression.Thank you! Your review will appear after a short check.
