CHAMPAGNE EXTRA BRUT PREMIER CRU BLANC DE NOIRS
GREAPE VARIETY
100% Pinot Noir
TASTING NOTES
Crucifix Père et Fils Épître Act Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Millésimé 2020 Champagne is a Premier Cru of great personality, 100% Pinot Noir, precisely recounting the terroir of Avenay-Val-d’Or in the heart of the Montagne de Reims and the elegance of the 2020 vintage. In Avenay-Val-d’Or Premier Cru village, the Pinot Noir vines are over 35 years old, rooting into typical clay-limestone soils of this vocated area. Favourable exposure and cool yet sunny climate allow complete grape ripeness, gifting the Champagne vinosity, structure, and a marked mineral imprint. Crucifix Père et Fils is a Récoltant Manipulant and small family maison working to Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC) principles with Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) certification, confirming a sustainable, environmentally respectful approach. In Épître Act, Pinot Noir is the absolute protagonist: parcel selection, using only free-run juice, and vinification without blends to maximally express the variety's and Premier Cru's identity. The 2020 vintage in Champagne was warm yet balanced, with excellent phenolic ripeness of the grapes, ideal for structured, precise Blanc de Noirs. Grapes are hand-harvested, then fermented and aged in oak barrels of varying capacities (205, 300, and 600 litres), with bâtonnage and long months on lees; the Extra Brut dosage (0-6 g/l) keeps the palate taut, dry, and of great finesse. On the eye, it shows a fine deep golden colour, animated by fine, regular perlage. On the nose, it offers a broad, structured aromatic palette with notes of ripe fruit (yellow apple, pear, plum), citrus, hints of dried fruit, and subtle noble wood nuances from oak élevage. On the palate, the attack is direct and decisive, the material ample, the vinous texture important, the balance playing on freshness, tension, and Pinot Noir maturity; the finish is long, coherent, saline, with clear Premier Cru terroir echoes. This 2020 Champagne Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut is perfect for the gourmet table: ideal with meat carpaccios, poultry, veal, mushrooms, haute cuisine dishes, and aged cheeses— the right choice for those seeking a characterful, gastronomic, deeply territorial Champagne.