Champagne Cedric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Le Creux Enfer 2018
The 2018 Champagne Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Le Creux Enfer is a vintage champagne from Champagne produced by Cédric Bouchard from 100% Pinot Noir. The cuvée originates from Celles-sur-Ource, in the Côte des Bar. This 2018 release is crafted without dosage, an approach that highlights fruit purity and the distinct character of the vintage in the Roses de Jeanne style.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Cédric Bouchard
- Cuvée
- Le Creux Enfer
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Cédric Bouchard
Cédric Bouchard is a winegrower from the Côte des Bar, in the Aube department, based between Celles-sur-Ource and Landreville. He founded Roses de Jeanne in 2000 and produces single-vineyard champagnes made from a single grape variety and a single harvest. The wines, now marketed under the name Roses de Jeanne, come from very small plots, notably planted with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc.
- Owner
- Cédric Bouchard
- Maître de chais
- Cédric Bouchard
- Surface (ha)
- 3.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 15 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Born into a family of winegrowers in Celles-sur-Ource, Cédric Bouchard initially worked in Paris as a wine merchant and sommelier. He returned to the Aube region in 2000 to set up his own production business, Roses de Jeanne. In the early days, he cultivated, in particular, the ‘Parcelle des Ursules’ plot, planted with Pinot Noir, and had just over one hectare of vines at his disposal. At the same time, his father continued to tend vines, the wines from which were initially sold under the ‘Inflorescence’ label. Over the following years, Cédric Bouchard gradually took over or incorporated some of these family plots into his business. Since 2014, the cuvées have been marketed under the single name Roses de Jeanne. The estate vinifies its wines separately by plot, grape variety and vintage, producing single-vineyard champagnes. Cédric Bouchard remains the owner-winemaker and oversees the winemaking process himself.
Le Creux Enfer
Le Creux d'Enfer is a micro-cuvée single-plot Pinot Noir marketed under the Roses de Jeanne brand. Produced since 2002, it was historically crafted as a rosé de saignée, only in vintages deemed suitable. The 2021 vintage is documented as a blanc de noirs from a plot acquired after a vineyard swap.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name comes from the tiny plot "Le Creux d'Enfer" farmed by Cédric Bouchard.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2002
- Style of the cuvée
- Single-plot, single-vintage Pinot Noir Champagne, seeking a precise and vinous expression of the site. Historically a rosé de saignée, it is documented as a blanc de noirs starting from the 2021 vintage.
- Position within the range
- Extremely rare single-plot micro-cuvée, historically presented as the estate's most confidential Champagne.
Histoire de la cuvée
The cuvée was produced for the first time in 2002 from a few rows of Pinot Noir. Long known as an extremely rare rosé de saignée, with a production of a few hundred bottles, it underwent a documented evolution with the 2021 vintage, crafted as a blanc de noirs following a vineyard swap.
