2020 - Hugo
2020 - Hugo
Another year of fairly ideal growing conditions with a warmer summer. A particularly special vintage, being the first to be made adjacent to the vines in the new winery. A little softer than previous releases, delightfully complex and invigorating.
Cuvée: Hugo
Style: Sparkling
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Chardonnay 48% , Pinot Noir 33% , Pinot Gris 10% , Pinot Meunier 9%
ABV: 11.5
Vintage: 2020
Winemaking: Hand-harvested, slowly whole-bunch pressed through the Coquard press onsite (the first year to do so). Co-fermented field blend from the older two-hectare vineyard, aged for 10 months in old oak and a small portion in amphora (26% of the final blend) before tirage with biodynamic Champagne Fleury yeast. Disgorged after about 20 months on the lees between March through July 2023, unfined, unfiltered, zero dosage, zero sulphur.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Chalk Limestone