Augustin

Cuvée Gaïa 2018 | Bottle 75cl

Description

Marc Augustin's cuvée Gaïa is a rosé champagne made from Pinot Noir maceration. It's the perfect alchemy for a wine with a unique destiny: after bottling, GAÏA is buried, the earth becomes a cellar...

In the case of the "O2 Rosée" cuvée, half of the production was buried the day after bottling, under the plot from which the grapes were harvested, in order to develop the bubbles according to a concept known as "geomaturation". After 24 months underground, the maturation of these bottles is reflected in a difference in density, notable depth and surprisingly more present root notes.

This cuvée is made exclusively from Pinot Noir, grown on 40-year-old vines in Avenay Val d'Or, a Premier Cru terroir on the Montagne de Reims characterized by its clay-loam soils. The wine is aged in tuns for 10 to 11 months.

Both viticulture and vinification are carried out according to biodynamic principles, in harmony with the phases of the moon, and the wines are the product of controlled dynamization. Like the Domaine's other cuvées, the wine is not dosed, and the yeast is extracted from the previous year's lees, without filtration.

This exceptional Cuvée Gaïa is darker in color than O2 Rosée, and more complex and vinous.