Ruppert-Leroy Les Cognaux Pinot Noir Brut Nature 2022
HK$ 681.57
Last 6 bottles. Immediate shipment
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Alcohol
12.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Direct pressing, free run fermented with indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation and ageing on lees for 9 months in French oak barrels and demi-muids (500 litres). Second fermentation in bottle with a minimum ageing of 18 months, without final dosage (Brut Nature), disgorged by hand, unfiltered and without added sulphites.
Description
On the wildest frontier of Champagne, just where the Aube veers off the beaten track and plunges into landscapes of ancient vines and limestone hills, lies the small family winery Ruppert-Leroy. It was in 2010 that Emmanuel and Bénédicte, leaving behind their former lives in Paris, decided to return to their roots. Their decision was not strategic, it was visceral. An inner call to the land, to the slow pace of the vineyard and a deep respect for nature. They didn't come to make Champagne; they came to make wine. And they do it with an elegant radicality: biodynamic vineyards from the beginning, no additives, no concessions, no make-up.
Ruppert Leroy Les Cognaux is a plot of pure Pinot Noir, planted on marl and hard limestone soils, where the vines struggle and express themselves with rawness and precision. The altitude, cold winds and extreme biodynamic practices give this cuvée a vertical, almost electric energy. There is no blending of vintages, no expedition liqueur: this is a single plot Brut Nature Champagne, vinified as if it were a Burgundy wine, but with the most restrained and mineral bubbles imaginable.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand, in small crates, at the right moment, without haste, without the need to correct with sugar or acids. Fermentation is spontaneous, with indigenous yeasts, without added sulphites, in old foudres and used oak barrels that hardly mark, but let the wine breathe. It is aged for about 9 months on lees, with light batonage if the year calls for it. Then it is bottled, without any dosage: Brut Nature with the soul of a still wine. After tirage, it undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle for 18 to 24 months, developing complexity and subtle bubbles. Disgorging is done by hand, bottle by bottle, without fining, without filtration. Each bottle is a microcosm.
Taste
Nothing in Ruppert Leroy Les Cognaux is strident. Everything is insinuated, unfurled with tension and a razor-sharp minerality. The nose is serious and austere at first: wet chalk, dry leaf, a faint white smoke. Then, with some air, wild red fruit, pomegranate, dried cassis appear, but all sifted, discreet, elegant. There is a constant saline vibration, a kind of electricity that crosses the wine from side to side.
The palate is where it comes into its own. Taut, straight, with a very fine bubble that acts more like texture than effervescence. The acidity is lively, vibrant, but not cutting; it supports the wine like the skeleton of a dancer. Notes of sour cherry, pink grapefruit and a faint hint of rhubarb mingle with a pure chalky sensation, like sucking a stone from the vineyard. The finish is dry, long, with a mineral echo that lingers and demands another sip.
Ruppert Leroy Les Cognaux does not seek to please everyone. It is a wine for those who understand that luxury is not opulence, but precision. A Champagne with the soul of the terroir, without artifice, with the tension of a Pinot Noir aged in freedom.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 13-17 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 18 bottles, Free shipping! |
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| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 31-35 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 36 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 43-47 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 48 bottles, Free shipping! |
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| 55-59 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 60 bottles, Free shipping! |
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