Champagne Fleury - Robert Fleury 2013
Domaine Fleury is located in Courteron, in the Côte des Bars in Champagne . It was founded in 1895 and is now run by the fourth generation of the Fleurie family. Innovation has been the guiding principle of the Fleury family for generations. Each of them has distinguished itself by an innovative approach in difficult times: Emile Fleury, a master grafter who graduated in 1894, was the first to plant grafted Pinot Noirs in the region after the devastating invasion of Phylloxera at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1929, while the economic crisis was ruining small winegrowers, Robert Fleury, his son, dared to create his own champagne to save his harvest: he became one of the first "harvester-manipulants" of Champagne southern. In 1970, he passed the baton to Jean-Pierre Fleury who was the first in Champagne to convert his vineyard to biodynamics , in 1989 for part, then in 1992 for the whole. His daughter Morgane is an actress and sommelier, and has imagined a innovative concept of Champagne cellar and wines of authors, an eco-logical cellar in the heart of Paris. His son Jean-Sébastien also innovates: he experiments on a vine the grafting on feet, reintroduces the work with horses on certain plots. He had a "gallery of lightning" installed, he created the first cuvée without sulfur of the domain. His other son, Benoît, is currently experimenting with mass selection, agroforestry as a new way of cultivating the vine, in symbiosis with a suitable environment.
The Robert Fleury 2013 vintage is a blend of Pinot Noir (49%), Chardonnay (22%), Pinot Gris (20%) and Pinot Blanc (9%) . Fermentation and aging are carried out in 228-gallon oak barrels. liters. The wine was bottled in December 2014 and disgorged in January 2024. It is bottled without dosage .
Grape varieties: 49% Pinot Noir, 22% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Gris, 9% Pinot Blanc