Michel Gonet Le Mesnil sur Oger Les Hautes Mottes Compreres 2016

Notes from the importer: With over 40 hectares planted, Champagne Michel Gonet produces almost a dozen different cuvées. However, their Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs from Mesnil sur Oger stands apart from those as it is the result of a philosophical partnership between Marco Pelletier of Domaine de Galouchey and the Gonet family. Marco is helping them isolate their best parcels and along with Gonet’s new Chef de Cave experimenting with different vinification styles. 2011 was the first release of this partnership.

[This is] the first vintage produced in collaboration between Rajat Parr and Marco Pelletier. Les Hautes Mottes, one of Marco’s favorite parcels in the Côtes des Blancs adjacent to Les Chétillons that sits on pure chalk. The section for this cuvée is old vines. Fermented in barrels procured from Jean-Marc Roulot (cooper DAMY) for 12 months the barrels are moved outdoors during winter for a natural stabilization. 60 months aged on the fine lees, and disgorged in March of 2021 with zero dosage.