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+.