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MILLESIME 1990
This 1990 vintage signed Claude Cazals comes 50% from our Mesnil-sur-Oger plots and 50% from Clos Cazals in Oger, Grand Cru.
Bottling in early 1991, breeding on lees for thirty years in our vaulted cellars of Oger, disgorging in March 2021. A choice of dosage at 0 grams of sugar per liter to allow you to discover, without addition, the splendour, typicity and evolution of the 1990 vintage.
The year 1990...
To discover in the description.
The year 1990...
The 1990 harvest was the third largest Champagne harvest after 1983 and 1982 and before 1989 and 1987. Yet this year has been one of many uncertainties…
A mild winter, spring that appeared in late February and almost summer throughout the month of March. Hot, dry weather caused the vegetation to start early, about ten days before the previous year. At the beginning of April, between the 4th and the 5th, the frost falls on the Côte des Blancs, with temperatures around -7°. Various devices are then used in the vineyard to fight against this frost: traditional watering and heating, to protect the buds as much as possible in case of fragility.
After these late frosts, the sun and heat returned to the vineyard to allow the vines to begin to bloom in peace. The short-lived tranquility since low temperatures, the appearance of rain and low light considerably slowed the flowering and questioned the quality of the harvest. A second time, the harvest potential was greatly achieved.
The weather has returned to favourable conditions and has allowed the remaining clusters to grow optimally. It was the effect of rain and sun that caused the remaining kernels to swell and the bunches to reach a weight well above the usual average.
Data sheet
- Vineyard terroir
- Oger - Mesnil-sur-Oger - GRAND CRU
- Grape-varietes
- 100% Chardonnay
- Bottling
- bouteille (750 ml)