Champagne Delalot, Les Dionysiaques Brut NV

60% Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir 10% Chardonnay

Valle de la Marne, Champagne, France

Sparkling White Wine
VINTAGE: 2013
DOSAGE: 11g, Brut 
DISGORGED: October 2016

Village: Saulchery, Charly sur Marne. Parcel: Les Chapelles, Les Boulards, Le Dessus des Ruelles. Harvest: Middle of September, 100% 2013 Harvest. Total Production: 1,700 Bottles.

Native yeast fermentation and malolactic fermentation in wood, then aging in stainless steel to keep a vibrant Blanc de Noir style. Organic selected yeasts and organic sugar cane for the second fermentation, bottling in January 2015 and disgorgement in October 2016 with 11g of dosage using organic MCR.

Jérôme Lefevre is a native of the “Far West” of the Marne valley, at the edge of the Champagne appellation, in the towns of Saulchery, Charly Sur Marne, Bonneil and Crogy.  Here Jerome creates Champagne Delalot and Champagne Jerome Lefevre. 

His mother farmed pretty traditionally as he was growing up, but mostly sold the fruit off. He went off to study art and play in bands but throughout his career he was able to taste special wines that changed his mind about winemaking. He decided to go back to his family parcels and immediately began converting the vineyards from the conventional style of farming after reading books on Biodynamics and most notably Fukuoka’s The Green Revolution. He has managed to build up his parcels to a whopping 1.5 hectares of mostly Pinot Meunier with a little Pinot Noir and a recent acquisition of Chardonnay, so in true grower fashion, TINY AMOUNTS. He was saying that he often time doesn’t have enough yields for a full barrel so will utilize demijohns in the cellar.