2019 Flavien Nowack Blanc de Blancs La Tuillerie

Champagne Tuilerie by Domaine Nowack is a Blanc de Blancs produced exclusively from 100% Chardonnay from a single‐vineyard parcel near Vandières. The vineyard, farmed organically (and biodynamically on a southwest‐facing parcel), sits on very sandy limestone soils over a marne bedrock just one meter below the surface. The 2019 vintage was vinified using fully spontaneous, natural, and native yeasts—employing the unfermented grape must as the prise de mousse for the secondary fermentation under cork—without chaptalization or malo-lactic fermentation. The base wine is unfined and unfiltered, and aging is conducted in oak barrels (or a combination of vat and small barrels) with extended lees contact (over 40 months in some instances). A minimal dosage (ranging from 0.8 to 1.5 g/L) is applied to produce an Extra Brut style with lower pressure levels that reflect the pure expression of terroir.