Wine Composition
Pinot Noir 70% Chardonnay 30%
Winemakers Comments
On the palate, the wine is elegant, intense, fresh and well structured, revealing a long, firm, delicate finish with fresh red strawberry flavors in the clear, clean and persistent mineral aftertaste
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
12.0%
Cellar Techniques
Partially aged in small oak barrels (no malolactic fermentation), the salmon colored wine opens with a deep, intense, slightly oxidative and toasty, matured and vinous bouquet of small red fruits, pralines and brioche.
Winemaker
Name - Alexandre Pennet
Winery
Penet-Chardonnet is today one of the region’s most dynamic small producers. Using only the finest Grand Cru vineyards in select sites across Champagne, winemaker Alexandre crafts gastronomic, complex Champagnes for real aficionados. Make no mistake; these are fine wines in their own right and not simply quaffable, celebratory standbys.
Penet-Chardonnet is essentially the story of two families, brought together by fate and marriage. Indeed, both families boast a long history of vine growing in Champagne, the Penets acquiring their own vines in the town of Verzy during the French Revolution of the 19th century. The Penet family started to make their own Champagnes in 1951 when they purchased Mumm’s 19th-century cellars. Pursuing separate paths for many decades, the house of Penet-Chardonnet was created in 1967, when Christian Penet married Marie-Louise Chardonnet. A great name in Champagne was born!
Christian wasted built a new winery in the 1980s, which is still in use today. Christian retired in 2009, succeeded by his son, Alexandre. He represents the fifth generation to run the house.
Today, at the heart of Penet-Chardonnet’s approach is a dedication to terroir. Alexandre believes that the job of a house is to bring each vineyard to its fullest expression, which reaches its apogee with his range of superlative single vineyard Champagnes. Moreover, Penet blocks the softening malolactic fermentation and insists on low dosage (sugar) levels, making his Champagnes the connoisseur’s choice for dinner.
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