Vincent Couche Eclipsia Brut Rose Bio-dynamic
| Description: | Back in 2019 we excitedly selected Vincent Couche's 1999 Brut "Sensation" Dgorgement Tardif as our top Champagne of the year. It was truly a remarkable Champagne that managed to combine a lively fruit core with two decades of savory cellar magic. 1999 was also the year that Vincent embraced biodynamics and started a wholesale restructuring of the domaines farming and cellar practices. He first started off by replanting his thirty-two acres of vineyards under the direction of noted terrior specialist Claude Bourguignon who has consulted for the like of Domaine Romanee Conti, Domaine Leflaive and Jacques Selosse. Certification takes a lot of time, and it wasnt until 2008 that his vineyards and cellars were Demeter Certified Biodynamic. Vincent Couche is, in fact, the first producer in Champagne to have the Demeter Certification for both his vineyards and cellar! He has spent nearly every waking hour over the past two decades ensuring his wines are free of additives. He eschews unnatural methods at every step of the process including banning chaptalization or sulfur during fermentation while only using gravity flow to move the wine. Of course, these methods are labor intensive and expensive, yet the prices of Chouches artisanal bubbles are less than those charged by the regions mass market Champagne houses. A mix of the 2017 and 2018 vintages this cuvee is 80% Buixeuil Pinot Noir, 30% of which is still red wine. Vincent Couche's uncompromising viticultural accomplishments are readily evident in this bright and bouncy rose. A frothy mousse releases a heady mix of aromatics including notions of blood orange, pomegranates and redcurrants. These fruits along with citrus inflections carry over nicely to the palate. Cast in a fuller framed, hedonistic style that belies its modest (6 grams per liter) dosage, this vivid reddish-pink bubbly is tailor-made for shell fish, salmon and lighter poultry dishes, which is not to say it is not a great quaff all on its own. |
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| Price: | $ 49.95 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
| Address: |
250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-331-3005 |
| Telephone (regular): | 949-650-8463 |
| Fax: | 949-631-6863 |
First added to 1000 Corks on September 17, 2021.
