denis patoux vintage 2012Denis Patoux Vintage 2012 Year 2012 was a excellent year for Champagne. The relatively warm winter moved into a extremely wet spring and both frost and a particularly vicious hailstorm almost destroyed the champagne fields. Flowering was, unsurprisingly, uneven and the tough conditions also opened the vines up to disease. However, excellent conditions in August spun the vintage around. August brought steady heat with temperatures rising so high that

The wine matures in the bottle for 6 years before it gets its Champagne cork and a relatively high dosage of 8 g per bottle for top wines

Der gesamte Champagner reift im eigenen Haus

(kann durch den Versand kleinere Mängel aufweisen)

They have done it by mixing 15 percent red wine made from pinot noir into the finished champagne

Dom Perignon only releases the best years of their grape production and every bottle is only made from grapes picked in one specific year

reminiscent of pickled white peaches in sugar syrup

wenn man etwas feiern oder sich einfach nur verwöhnen lassen möchte

At the same time as the difficult vintage

Throughout the glorious summer that ensued

75 L Trauben: 60 % Pinot Noir

and after decorking the wine is further stored for 6 months before shipping

wobei die Flaschen so lange gedreht werden