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Recoltant Manipulant in 2019

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We close the year 2019 with dinner were we drunk some little producer in Champagne: There is no province that affords excellent wines for all seasons, but Champagne. We taste as always producers that make champagne exclusively from its own vineyards with very clever attention to the soil and the beauty of mother nature. Charles Dufour took over his family estate in 2006, he is located in Landreville in the Bar-sur-Seine, in the Aube department with 6 hectares of wine mainly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a little percentage of Pinot Blanc which are quite old, more than 60 years. Everything is Certified Organic with ECOCERT (organic farming). He makes tiny quantity fo single-vineyard wine usually vinified in barrels as "Les Champs du Clos" a blanc de blanc also the same Cuvee in Rose; Le Haut de la Guignelle. His more famous Cuvee is the entry-level Bulles de Comptoir. Each Cuvee is numbered sequentially and given a new artist label. All Charles wine has a ...