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Champagne Jean Vesselle, “Le Petit Clos” Grand Cru MAGNUM

Champagne, France 2005 (1500mL)
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Champagne Jean Vesselle, “Le Petit Clos” Grand Cru MAGNUM

There are 21 clos (a vineyard enclosed by stone walls) in Champagne, which makes them incredibly rare right out of the gate, but when it comes to Jean Vesselle’s “Le Petit Clos'' in Grand Cru Bouzy, ‘rare’ doesn’t even scratch the surface. I’m sure you’re familiar with blockbuster bottlings such as “Clos d’Ambonnay,” “Clos du Mesnil,” and “Clos de Goisses,” but even they can’t hold a candle to the staggering rarity of “Le Petit Clos.” Why? No more than three barrels of this tête de cuvée are ever produced because the entire vineyard is a mere .08 hectares—smaller than my backyard. 
Anyone who loves great Champagne, and Pinot Noir, recognizes Bouzy as ground zero for the region’s most profound expressions of the variety, with a star-bright constellation of producers that includes Pierre Paillard, Benoît Lahaye, Camille Savès, André Clouet, and Paul Bara. The Vesselle surname is attached to several different properties within Bouzy, which can get confusing, but Delphine and David Vesselle have distinguished themselves by producing some of the most unique bottlings of all. The family’s 15 hectares of vineyards are planted to 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Chardonnay, a ration which mirrors that of Bouzy as a whole. Across the entire Vesselle lineup, Pinot Noir is the star, made vividly apparent by today’s rarefied, 100% Pinot Noir “Cuvée Le Petit Clos.” 

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France
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Champagne
Sub-Region
FranceMontagne de Reims - Bouzy Grand Cru
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Chalk & Clay
Farming
Practicing Organic
Blend
Pinot Noir 100%
Alcohol
12.0
OAK
Vinified in Used French Barrels
TEMP.
55
Glassware
Burgundy Stems
Drinking
Now-2025+
Decanting
Optional
Pairing
Cold Smoked Salmon

France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

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Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

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The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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