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Producer profile

Champagne Legret

Talus Saint Prix Champagne producer with 4.76 hectares and Millésime Brut Nature wines from 2000 and 2008.

Place
Champagne · France
Known for
Millésime Brut Nature Champagne
Wine context
Chardonnay · Pinot Noir
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Atlas locationChampagne · France48.83° N · 3.75° E

At A Glance

Fact
Detail
Region
Champagne
Location
Talus Saint Prix
Vineyard area
4.76 hectares
Grape composition
40% Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay
Named bottles
Champagne Legret Millésime Brut Nature, 2000; Legret Millésime Brut Nature, 2008

The Producer

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.

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