Roses de Jeanne Les Ursules Blanc de Noirs 2012 (Magnum) (1.5 L)

When Cédric Bouchard founded Roses de Jeanne in 2000, he became the first grower in the Aube to bottle a single-vineyard, single-vintage Champagne — a Burgundian act of defiance in a sub-region historically treated as a bulk supplier. Les Ursules is the proof of concept: a 0.97-hectare north-facing parcel in Celles-sur-Ource planted in 1974 by Bouchard père, its Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils — the same marine-fossil bedrock that defines Chablis Premier Cru — delivering a saline, oyster-shell tension that no Marne valley terroir replicates.

The winemaking is deliberately subtractive. 100% Pinot Noir, first-pressing juice only (tailles discarded), primary fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, full malolactic, and zero oak at any stage. Yields are held at an extreme 20–30 hl/ha — under a third of the regional norm — concentrating the fruit before it ever reaches tank. Tirage is dosed at ~15 g/l targeting ≈4 bars, roughly two-thirds of the Champagne standard, producing a mousse so fine and integrated that Bouchard recommends serving in a Burgundy glass, not a flute. The wine is unfined, unfiltered, zero dosage.

The 2012 vintage delivered exceptional natural acidity and structural precision across Champagne — conditions that reward Bouchard's no-dosage philosophy, where acidity must carry the wine unaided. In magnum, the extended lees contact amplifies autolytic depth while preserving the site's characteristic saline drive. Drink now through 2030+.