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The Domaine Agrapart is located in Avize and its 12 ha vineyard is mostly spread over Avize, Oger, Cramant, and Oiry Grands Crus de la Côte des blancs.
The chalky soil, specific to Côte des blancs, enables the Chardonnay grape variety to be worked, especially known for bringing freshness, elegance and finesse to the wine.
Composed of 50 plots, some of which are over 65 years old, the average age of the vineyard is around 40 years. Pascal Agrapart favors the use of traditional methods of cultivation and vinification, and has decided to "parcelize" his cuvées since 1995, selecting three families of soils: one with superficial clay soils, another limestone, the last clay-limestone, all three sitting on the chalky base of Côte des blancs.
Pascal likes to recall: "My father used to tell me: 'You work your vineyard like a garden'."
This Venus cuvée is a Blanc de blancs parcel. The Chardonnay comes from an old 60-acre vineyard - la Fosse aux Pourceaux - planted in 1959 at Avize, Grand Cru from Côte des blancs. It is worked exclusively by man, with ploughing carried out by horse. The first of these, actually a mare, was named Venus.
Vinifications are complete and carried out in demi-muids, without new wood, and the wines bottled directly on cork, without prior filtration. The wines then spend 6 years on their lees, with manual riddling and disgorging 60 days before release to preserve all their natural freshness. No dosage is carried out, it's a Brut nature.
The Venus cuvée is the Rare pearl of the Domaine, on great vintages it fills just 10 barrels. It perfectly combines power and finesse, roundness and tension, and is no match for the great chardonnay vintages of Côte de Beaune.
The nose, at first discreet with notes of citrus and Secs fruits, then develops a complex and explosive bouquet of white fruits, fresh honey, lemon bergamot, jasmine, fresh hazelnuts, truffle and roasting, with a slight chalky edge. The palate is round and supple, saline and mineral; the juice is ample and racy with its aromas of ripe orchard fruits, white rose, fresh lemon, energetic spices and continues on to a long, fresh and iodized finish.
This Brut nature Blanc de blancs Venus 2017 cuvee from Maison Agrapart is a great wine, elegant, vertical and deep. It will offer a happy marriage to lobster ravioli with morels, or Iranian beluga caviar. For others, more daring, caramelized sweetbreads will ensure the perfect match.
