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Champagne Louis de Sacy, Brut Originel

Champagne, France NV (750mL)
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Champagne Louis de Sacy, Brut Originel

The year is already looking bright: Our first low-dollar, high-reward Champagne of 2019 comes from a family that was farming vines in Champagne hundreds of years before the region was officially delimited. Instead of capitalizing on their historic renown, Louis de Sacy has purposely chosen to keep prices modest across the board in an attempt to showcase their prized vineyards and wines to a wider market. And we cannot thank them enough for that!
Their holdings are spread out over 23 plots within four unique areas of Champagne, but to the Sacy family, these aren’t simply vines they pluck grapes from, but rather special terroirs they are intimately familiar with (their viticultural experience in Grand Cru Verzy dates back to the 1600s). Today’s “Originel” is a marriage of Champagne’s three noble grapes from three special terroirs and, after aging a few years on its lees and blending in a healthy portion of barrel-aged reserve wine, the resulting wine deserves a standing ovation considering the sub $40 price. Tender and creamy with a loud mineral footprint, this is the definitive way to start your 2019—and if you stock up, you can enjoy it over the coming years without a blemish.
The Sacy family of Louis de Sacy has owned vineyards in Champagne since 1633, which translates to 13 uninterrupted generations of vine expertise, but it wasn’t until 1962, that André Sacy decided to make proprietary wines. Since then, the family has been a force to be reckoned with by championing sustainable farming and finding the perfect balance between price and quality. As such, we were enamored by a couple of their labels last year and their Brut “Originel” is no exception. 

A blend of the Champagne grape trifecta (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier), three sites are chosen for this non-vintage bottling: Treslon, Cernay, and Bligny. The first two villages flank Reims from the left and right, and the latter can be found down in the Aube. After hand harvesting—the base vintage was 2015—and shuttling to their historic cellar in Grand Cru Verzy, the grapes fermented in stainless steel. After blending, which included several older reserve wines, the wine was sent to develop (secondary fermentation + lees aging) in their deep cellars for 2+ years. It was dosed with just six grams of sugar per liter—technically qualifying it as an ‘extra-brut.’ It’s also important to remember that we worked directly with Louis de Sacy during this shipment, meaning the wine that ends up in your hands went straight from their cold cellar to our temperature-controlled warehouse.

Louis de Sacy’s Brut “Originel” reveals a bright straw-yellow with highly reflective silver hues. As it hits the glass, a lively mousse explodes upward and lets you know that this is supremely fresh and vibrant. At first, it oozes creamy hazelnut with underlying salinity, but as it adjusts to a new climate, beautiful aromas leak out: slight brioche, Meyer lemon, white pear, honeysuckle, grapefruit, Rainier cherries, crushed chalk, and subtle herbal components. It’s a medium-bodied champagne that is ripe, refreshing, and overflowing with wonderfully plush textures that ceaselessly linger on the savory finish. It’s a fantastic showing for a sub-$40 champagne and one of the greats to be had in this price range. Drink now, drink tomorrow, drink next year—do all three if you have the stock! Simply serve in wide-mouthed tulips around 50 degrees and match it with whatever food you have. We, however, went with pan-seared scallops with a citrus glaze. It’s a perfect way to brighten up a cold evening, and if it’s a romantic meal for two...even better. Cheers!
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France
Region
Champagne
Sub-Region
FranceVillages of Bligny, Cernay, & Treslon
Soil
Clay, Limestone, Chalk
Farming
Sustainable
Blend
Pinot Noir 57%, Chardonnay 36%, Meunier 7%
Alcohol
12.0
TEMP.
50-55
Glassware
Wide-Mouthed Tulips
Drinking
Now-2023
Pairing
Pan-Seared Scallops w/ Citrus Glaze

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

Bordeaux

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

Loire Valley

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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