Domaine Vincey Oger Grand Cru.
The Vincey family have been growing grapes in Oger for 8 generations and for the major part, the resulting Champagne has been produced by the Oger Cooperative. Vincey sends grapes to the Co-op and they get back bottles which they can mature in their cellars for as long as they like and disgorge when necessary. This was their RC business.
Young Quentin Vincey and his wife Marine have refocussed the vision of their Grand Cru vineyards in Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Chouilly. They have decided to convert their very best vineyard parcels to biodynamics starting in 2014 and to buy a small timber press and produce only vintage cuvées as part of their new Recoltant-Manipulant business. Their other vineyard grapes get sold off. So this Domaine range of Champagne will always be ONLY vintage.
Their first two cuvées are from Oger and are a simple concept. One cuvée is a blend of Oger parcels, and the other is a mono parcel. They will also have similar cuvées from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in a few years. Terroir flavour wise, Oger sits between Avize and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and shares some similarities from each but very much adds its own level of opulence and minerality. Oger is a mini-amphitheatre and hence has an excellent level of ripeness with hints of white fruit. Oger is famous for the Clos of Claude Cazals. Many of the big Champagne houses control vineyards in Oger.
From the harvest 2018 we will see a Mesnil-sur-Oger cuvee from Auge and Chemin de Chalons.
Champagne Domaine Vincey Oger 2017 Chardonnay $140.00
Juices 100% from « la cuvée ». Harvest 2017 aged 1 year on lies in French oak barrels. No malo-lactic fermentation, No filtration, no fining, barrels filled on top (regular ouillage), light bâtonnage , Natural cold stabilisation, Bottling Sept. 2018, 3 years aging on cork (no caps) , Riddling and disgorgement by hand . Extra Brut 1 gram/Liter. 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru. Old vines, massales selection (no clones) +/- 60 YO. Brown clay, limestones on chalk.
Champagne Domaine Vincey Interlude Chardonnay $165.00
1/3 from 2015 aged 2 years on lies in French oak barrels. 2/3 from 2016 aged 1 year on lies in French oak barrels. No malo-lactic fermentation, No filtration, no fining, barrels filled on top (regular ouillage), light bâtonnage ,Natural cold stabilisation,Bottling Sept. 2017, 4 years aging on cork (no caps) ,Riddling and disgorgement by hand ,Brut Nature 0 gram/Liter
Champagne Domaine Vincey Le Grand Jardin Chardonnay $205.00
Juices 100% from « la cuvée » ,Harvest 2015 aged 8 months on lies in French oak barrels,No malo-lactic fermentation,No filtration, no fining, barrels filled on top (regular ouillage), light bâtonnage ,Natural cold stabilisation,Bottling May 2016, 5 years aging on cork (no caps) ,Riddling and disgorgement by hand ,Brut Nature 0 gram/Liter. 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru,Plot located in Oger main terroir,Old vines, massales selection (no clones) planted in 1967,Brown clay on chalk and limestones shards.
