J.LASSALLE, CUVEE ANGELINE BRUT CHAMPAGNE 2009

O VINARIJI / ABOUT THE WINERY

Jules Lassalle osnovao je ovu obiteljsku kuću Champagne 1942. u selu Chigny-Les-Roses na Montagne de Reims. Majstor svog zanata, uspostavio je prepoznatljiv stil elegantnih, čvrsto povezanih vina s određenom obilnošću . Kada je preminuo 1982., njegova supruga Olga i njihova kći Chantal Decelle-Lassalle ušle su i preuzele imanje, podržavajući Julesove visoke standarde i progresivno gurajući domenu na sljedeću razinu. 2006. Chantalina kći, Angéline Templier, pridružila se imanju kao vinarica. Njihova dvadesetosmogodišnja tradicija “une femme, un esprit, un style”(jedna žena, jedan duh, jedan stil) danas vrijedi više nego ikad. U 1970-ima, Kermit je bio prvi koji je počeo uvoziti zanatski, uzgajivački šampanjac, a Lassalles su bili u portfelju KLWM-a dulje od ikoga. Danas smo ponosni što se veza nastavila u trećoj generaciji obitelji Lassalle. Champagne J. Lassalle radi sa sve tri sorte ovlaštene u regiji (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir i Pinot Meunier) na šesnaest hektara vinograda, a sve su vrhunske sorte.Ove čvrste, vrijedne žene nastavljaju slijediti metode vinifikacije koje je Jules uspostavio četrdesetih godina: koriste istu drvenu prešu za košare koju je on postavio u vinariji prije više od pedeset godina, prešajući i vinificirajući pojedine parcele odvojeno. To je jedan od rijetkih šampanjca kojem je dopušteno da završi svoju malolaktičku fermentaciju, baš kao i veliki bijeli s Côte d’Or, a svi cuvéei odležaju jednom u boci – čak i nevintage cuvée, koji su minimalno od pet godina. To rezultira zadivljujućom složenošću i dubinom od početka njihovog asortimana do luksuznih cuvéesa. Ne propustite njihov Blanc de Blancs , koji se dobiva jedinstveno iz vrhunskog cru Chardonnaya uzgojenog na Montagne de Reims. Radi se o klasičnom vin de terroirkoji lijepo stari.

Jules Lassalle established this family-owned Champagne house in 1942 in the village of Chigny-Les-Roses on the Montagne de Reims. A master of his craft, he established a signature style of elegant, tightly knit wines with a certain ampleur. When he passed away in 1982 his wife, Olga, and their daughter, Chantal Decelle-Lassalle, stepped in and took over the estate, upholding Jules’ high standards and progressively pushing the domaine to the next level. In 2006 Chantal’s daughter, Angéline Templier, joined the estate as winemaker. Their twenty-eight-year tradition of “une femme, un esprit, un style” (one woman, one spirit, one style) holds true today more than ever. In the 1970s, Kermit was the first to begin importing artisanal, grower Champagne, and the Lassalles have been in the KLWM portfolio longer than anyone. Today, we are proud that the relationship has continued into the third generation of the Lassalle family. Champagne J. Lassalle works with all three varietals authorized in the region (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier) on sixteen hectares of vineyards, all of them premier cru. These tough, hardworking women continue to follow the vinification methods established by Jules in the forties: they use the same wooden basket press he installed in the winery over fifty years ago, pressing and vinifying the individual plots separately. It is one of the rare Champagnes that has been allowed to finish its malolactic fermentation, just like the great whites from the Côte d’Or, and all cuvées are aged extensively once in bottle—even the non-vintage cuvées, which are a minimum of five years old. This results in an astonishing complexity and depth from the beginning of their range up to the luxury cuvées. Don’t miss their Blanc de Blancs, sourced uniquely from premier cru Chardonnay grown on the Montagne de Reims. It is a classic vin de terroir that ages beautifully.