The Aficionado Bottle

DUMENIL, CUVÉE JANY PORET, PREMIER CRU, BRUT
Sacy, France

We fell in love with Frédérique Poret, the co-winemaker of Champagne Dumenil, the moment we met her at a special tasting for Champagne insiders last April. She invited us to visit the maison and vines but sadly there was no time. All we knew was that we loved her champagne and her bubbly side of life!

After coming back to the states, we started planning the next time we could visit the maison and be sure her champagnes were what we wanted for our club! We visited on a beautiful day in July and were greeted with glasses of champagnes in her vineyards of Sacy, one of the 44 Premier Cru villages. In fact, all of their vines come from only three Premier Cru villages: Sacy, Chigney-les-roses (where the house was founded by her Great Grandfather) and Ludes, all within a15 min drive from each other. Only the cuvée juice is used in all of their champagnes and the aging is minimum 3 years, more than double the minimum aging requirement.

The Jany Poret is a gorgeous and luscious example of finely crafted champagne with pin-point bubbles! 100% Premier Cru all from the village of Sacy and aged for 3 years. Fresh, fleshy, and ripe fruit categorize this blend. This wine is a perfect match for white meats, fresh style cheese, and by itself to cheers to life!

Why we love this: Small Production Grower Champagne
Varietals: 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 10% Chardonnay
Age: 3 years on the lees