News from the Cellar Master…
Dear to our hearts …
a special Cuvée
Cuvée “R”
In 1996, we wanted, together with our mother, give a special homage to our father Roger.
One year after the beginning of our collaboration within our family House, with a lot of work and emotion, Cuvée “R” joined the range of Veuve Fourny Champagnes.
For this Cuvée, we remained faithful to our father’s preferences, who liked to blend Chardonnay with a touch of Pinot Noir.
Fully vinified in the traditional manner, in small oak casks, bringing body and character, Cuvée “R” stays for nine months on its own lees in order to “fatten” the wine. Then, with a wooden stick, the wine is stirred with its own lees in the casks to increase aromatic exchanges.
In order to keep the right balance and to guarantee a consistency of style, we always blend the wines from two different harvests.
Then, time does its own work… Cuvée “R” must still remain another 4 years in bottle in our cellars; the bottles are then disgorged, with a very light dosage, extra-brut, 9 to 12 months before despatching.
An aromatic complexity which needs to be discovered …
A powerful and complex cuvée, riche and enticing, for lovers of vinous champagnes full of personality. Cuvée “R” may be found on numerous wine lists in great restaurants.
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