| Producer | Perrine Fresne |
| Country | france |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Pinot Meunier |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 06935 |
| Size | 750ml |
| ABV | 12.00% |
The village of Sermiers is best known for its Meunier because much of the vineyard area has more clay than Chardonnay or Pinot Noir prefer. This is from a single parcel of Meunier vines planted in 1967 and 1977, so it shows a bit more concentration and depth than most PM-based wines. The wine was allowed to ferment with native yeast and then age 10 months in 500L casks with malo fully blocked until bottling in spring of 2021. The ripe PM fruit needed the extra lift of malic acidity and didn’t need much dosage for balance, so this came off the lees in July, 2025, with just 1 g/l dosage.
We think it’s already delicious, although another year or two on the cork will do it nothing but good! It’s like biting into a golden delicious apple just picked from the tree - crisp, clean, tangy fruit. Very tiny bubbles give the apple flavor a touch of lift and let the pie crust and chalk flavors weave in and out of the apple fruit core. Some spice and crunchy pear at the end with just a hint of buttery pastry - like the inside of a croissant - and a surprise last bite of Granny Smith for juicy freshness at the end. Yum.
For You If: You like your Champagne tight and focused to start with the flavors and texture emerging with time at table or in cellar; you're looking for something delicious to drink with a ripe cheese - this would be marvelous!
Not For You If: You're after lots of breadth and richness - this is more about precision and minerality.
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