{"product_id":"stephane-coquillette-champagne-brut-1er-cru-lentrecoeur","title":"Stephane Coquillette Champagne Brut 1er Cru L'Entrecoeur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStéphane Coquillette is a fourth-generation winemaker in Champagne. His late father, Christian, ran Saint-Chamant from 1950 until 2020, and he encouraged his son out to start his own estate when Stéphane was 25. Though mentored by his father, Stéphane developed a very different style of expression at his own house, creating fresher, drier Champagnes, primarily from Chouilly (Grand Cru), Cuis (99% 1er Cru) for Chardonnay, and d'Aÿ (Grand Cru) and Mareuil\/Aÿ (99% 1er Cru) for Pinot Noir. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeticulously committed to organic practices, Stéphane avoids herbicides at all costs. Farming is done by hand, including trellising and pruning, which helps avoid disease and allows for a healthy crop. With more than 10 different parcels, he produces several single-vintage and single-vineyard Champagnes — a rarity in this region — and all his wines are small-production. Stéphane Coquillette Champagnes are characteristically precise, fresh and lively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrut L'Entrecoeur—French for \"The Heartbreak\"—is approximately 2\/3rds Pinot Noir and 1\/3 Chardonnay. \u003c\/span\u003eThe Pinot Noir is from Aÿ and Mareuil\/Aÿ and Chardonnay from Chouilly and Cuis. The vineyards are worked in part by plow and then the ground is covered with bark in order to stop erosion and prevent weeds from sprouting. Herbicides are avoided at all costs. Grapes are slowly pressed, and the wine undergoes malolactic and ages in stainless steel tanks. Dosage 5 g\/l. Reserve wines are not used to adjust the blend of the non-vintage wines, therefore all are from a single vintage but not marked as such since they do not rest on lees for the three-year mandatory minimum period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - The new release of Coquillette's NV Brut Premier Cru Carte d'Or is showing well, mingling notes of fresh peach and lemon oil with hints of verbena and toasted nuts. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and elegantly textural, with an inviting core of fruit and racy acids, it concludes with a penetrating finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e92 Wine Spectator - Apple blossom and anise aromatics lace this fresh, elegant version, with focus and length to the flavors of crunchy pear and white peach, slivered almond, spun honey and biscuit carried on the creamy mousse. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MARTINES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51390516429106,"sku":"510000000007566","price":55.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/7165\/2425\/files\/StephaneCoquilletteChampagneBrut1erCruL_Entrecoeur.png?v=1782757005","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagewinemerchants.com\/products\/stephane-coquillette-champagne-brut-1er-cru-lentrecoeur","provider":"Vintage Wine Merchants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}