Champagne Extra Brut Rosé de Saignée - Jeaunaux Robin

The Champagne Rosé de Saigné from Maison Jeaunaux Robin is made from 100% Pinot Meunier grapes.

The grapes are destemmed and pressed and then macerated for 40-50 hours.

Only the free-run must is drawn off and fermentation takes place in steel with integral malolactic fermentation.

This is followed by tirage and refinement in the bottle for at least 30 months.

Soil: red calcareous clay.

Bottles produced: 2520

Extra Brut dosed 4 g/L.

Format: 0.75cl

Alcohol content: 12%vol

Jeaunaux-Robin is located in the Vallée du Petit Morin in the Champagne region. In 1999, he began his career in the company with his parents, who had begun the adventure in 1971, to then take the reins and begin the first vinifications in wood in 2002.

The woods used are third/fourth passage and come from Burgundy. In 2003 he installed a second press in addition to the one installed by his parents, so as to be able to press the grapes immediately after harvesting them.

The wines are left to rest and refine in underground cellars built over the years by the parents with chalk stones.

Since 2005 the company has been working in the most sustainable way possible, today it is certified organic and some biodynamic preparations are used to give vitality to the soil and greater balance.

The silica present in the soils of the Valley gives the wines a characteristic minerality.

Acidity, freshness and vitality are elements sought by Cyril Jeaunaux, who avoids malolactic fermentation where possible.

The company works 4.5 hectares in the municipality of Talus Saint Prix and of these 60% are cultivated with Pinot Meunier, 30% with Pinot Noir and 10% with Chardonnay.

The majority of Meunier is due to the fact that it is more resistant to spring frosts: the river Le Petit Morin flows through the Valley, and its presence sometimes brings fog, which can induce spring frosts.

Between 2001 and 2003 Cyril and his wife Clémence also planted one hectare of vineyard in Montier en l'Isle, in the Cote des Bar, mainly with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.