Champagne Chassenay d'Arce - Audace

Champagne Chassenay d'Arce, Audace. The cuvée Audace, extra brut, so named because the house audaciously brought it out as a millésime, going against the grain that year, and its rich flavor justified the decision.

Wine type: AOC champagne - Chassenay d'Arce - Audace

Alcohol content: 12°

Region: Ville sur Arce - FR.

Grape Blend: 100% Pinot Noir.

Type soil: marl soil,rich in clays and silt.

Color: light yellow with some copper reflections, beautiful effervescence composed of bright and thin bubbles.

Aroma: expressive, open, fresh, pure, crystalline and complex: white fruits, yellow fruits, white flowers, mineral and some spicy notes, grilled and woody.

Tasting notes: a fresh and expressive nose with extra tension revealing a good aging potential.

Serving suggestions: as cocktail hour or with a meal, paired with light, natural cuisine serving noble fish or white meat. Serve at 8/10° C.

Editor's note: It is a house of winemakers, Chassenay d’Arce, a champagne-making cooperative founded in 1956 by five pioneers and that brings together today 130 families and three generations of winemakers in the southernmost reaches of the northernmost wine-making region of France, Champagne country’s Côte des Bars in the Aude administrative region about 60 miles from Epernay. The Arce Valley is lined with a very specific good earth, specific to the Côte des Bar that was once covered by the sea. Here a dark, unique layer of marl soil is found dating from the late Jurassic period, a soil named Kimmeridgian. Marl is an earthy material, rich in clays and silt imparting a unique quality to the grapes that grow in it.