Talus Saint Prix Champagne producer with 4.76 hectares and Millésime Brut Nature wines from 2000 and 2008.
The producer
Alain Legret leads Champagne Legret in Talus Saint Prix. The vineyards cover 4.76 hectares, planted to 40% Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. The range includes Champagne Legret Millésime Brut Nature from 2000 and Legret Millésime Brut Nature from 2008. The 2000 shows medium gold, apple, lemon, almond and toast, with mature roundness, fresh acidity and an exceptionally long finish. The 2008 spent over 10 years on its lees, a period associated with depth and complexity.
Known for
Millésime Brut Nature Champagne
Notable facts
Champagne Legret is based at 6 rue de Bannay, 51270 Talus Saint Prix.
The vineyards cover 4.76 hectares.
Plantings are 40% Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay.
Alain Legret leads the house.
From the atlas
Champagne Legret
Champagne Legret is a Talus Saint Prix Champagne house working with Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and vintage Millésime Brut Nature wines.
Alain Legret leads Champagne Legret. The house works with Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the three principal grapes in Champagne sparkling wine. Meunier brings fruit, Pinot Noir body, and Chardonnay acidity to the blend. Its named wines are vintage Millésime Brut Nature bottlings.
Place
Champagne Legret is based at 6 rue de Bannay, 51270 Talus Saint Prix, in the Champagne region. The house offers a traditional tour of the cellar, pressing room and fermentation room, followed by an explanation of Champagne making and a tasting. In Champagne, second fermentation in bottle creates the bubbles, while lees ageing can add bread, toast and roundness.
Wines
Champagne Legret Millésime Brut Nature is the 2000 vintage. Legret Millésime Brut Nature is the 2008 vintage. The two bottles share a sparkling format and the Brut Nature style name, while the harvest year separates the wines. A vintage sparkling wine carries one harvest year on its label, so the year is part of how the bottle is identified.
In The Glass
The 2000 Millésime shows medium gold with developed aromatics. Apple, lemon, almond and toast rise from the glass. The palate combines mature roundness with fresh acidity, and the finish is exceptionally long.
A Bottle To Understand It
Legret Millésime Brut Nature, 2008 is the bottle to open first. It was aged on lees for over 10 years, a period associated with depth and complexity.
Final Word
Champagne Legret works with Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay under Alain Legret's leadership. Its Millésime Brut Nature wines are vintage sparkling bottlings shaped by extended lees ageing.