Renard Barnier Brut NV Champagne
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Renard Barnier Brut NV Champagne
Product Details
Vintage: NV
Abv %: 12.5
Sub-region: Vallée de la Marne
Region: Champagne
Country: France
Colour: White
Bottle size: 75cl
Autolytic aromas of white dough and digestive biscuits. Lightly oxidative, with fragrant floral notes of white flowers, rose petals and some white mushroom. Clean acidity on the palate, but it's very well-integrated and balanced by the roundness on the palate which comes with a good amount of time 'sur latte'.
Renard-Barnier has been our 'house' champagne for over 30 years, so it's high time we drew some much deserved attention to this small, high quality 'grower champagne'.
For individuality and value in champagne, look for the words 'Recoltant Manipulant' (RM) on the label. Known in English as grower champagne, these producers use grapes grown in their own vineyards. This is by no means the norm in a region dominated by cooperatives and big houses who buy their grapes in, with far less control over quality.
Benoit Renard and his family own 33 hectares of vines, making their house around a tenth of the size of famous but small houses like Bollinger and Roederer.
Benoit's great grandparents Gaston Renard and Alice Barnier established their little house at the end of the nineteenth century. They ran an 'epicerie' in the Vallée de la Marne, but seeing growers sell their grapes to co-operatives and negociants, they were inspired to buy a few hectares of vines and to make their own wine.
Aside from fruit, ageing is key to quality in champagne. Renard Barnier spends three years ageing on its lees 'sur latte', far longer than the 15 month minimum. Aromas of bread dough, biscuits and acacia flowers result from this slow 'yeast autolysis', softening the acidity in the process. A Blanc de Noirs, the Cuvée Spéciale is a 50:50 blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with hints of redcurrant fruit and gentle rose petal notes on the nose.
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