2017 Marie Courtin Coteaux Champenois Blanc du Tremble Lisboa Le Dame means "The Ladies"

Le Dame means "The Ladies" but it is also a play on damigiane (demijohns)

that are vinified with 40% whole clusters and aged in oak – none new

Mostly whole-cluster

with hand sorting of any imperfect berries at the winery on a vibrating table de trie

of manzanilla selected with the help of Willy Perez and Ramiro Ibañez of M

2017 Marie Courtin Coteaux Champenois Blanc du Tremble Lisboa Le Dame means "The Ladies"A single parcel in Polisot named Le Tremble. The 50 year old vines are facing east facing and planted by massale selection. Vines are approximately 40 years old. Grapes are lightly pressed and native yeast fermentation occurs in two 5hl amphoras, one in clay and one in sandstone. Malolactic fermentation completes naturally. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.