2020 Benoit-Dehu Initiation Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature

Champagne Benoît Déhu 'Initiation' is a Blanc de Noirs from an 8th generation winemaker in Fossoy, Vallée de la Marne, who studied at Bollinger before returning to his family's pre-French Revolution estate. The 2020 vintage blends 78% Pinot Meunier from the lieu-dit 'La Rue des Noyers' on clay-limestone soils with 22% Pinot Noir from a small parcel on clay-sand, planted with massale selection Pommard clones from Burgundy. Organically farmed across 1.7 hectares, the wine is vinified in 228-liter oak barrels (some from Fossoy forest) using natural yeast with blocked malolactic fermentation, then aged 24-30 months sur lattes. Released as Brut Nature with zero dosage, unfined and unfiltered.