2017 Minière F & R 'Les Moineaux' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

Fourth generation vigneron Frederic Minière fell in love with barrel-aged champagne while working with Ansleme Selosse in the 1990s. This experience inspired him, alongside his brother Rodolphe, to begin estate bottling wines under the family name. The plots are assembled in the same proportions to create this unprecedented Blanc de Blancs. Fermentation in indigenous yeasts takes place in oak barrels of 5 to 8 years old in order to keep all the aromatic potential of the grapes and to have almost no wood from the grapes. Vinification and aging in oak barrels for 8 months, aging in bottle for 5 years on lees and one year of aging after disgorgement. Disgorged May 20212.25 g/L dosage