Jean Josselin, Brut ‘Cuvée des Jean’ Aube

DJK Imports, South San Francisco CA.

All Pinot Noir from 11.7 h/a estate vineyards in Gyé-Sur-Seine.   Always a blend of two harvests, this one 2011 (30%) and 2012 (70%).  100% malo.  Aging: 36 months. Disgorged: July 2015.  Dosage: 7.15 g/l.  This bottle is from Lot No. 0715.

Yellow-gold.  Salmonberries and a silky sort of earthiness.  Manly yet streamlined for this, the extreme south of the Champagne region.  Strawberries and toast at the end.  Now.

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