La Rogerie, Riesling Village, Alsace 2021

Justine & François of Champagne La Rogerie produce this wine from a 2.5 ha holding in Alsace on the lower slopes of the three villages on granite dominant soil. They first start to harvest the Pinot blanc then move to champagne then back to Alsace for the Riesling. They still manage to harvest earlier than everyone else. All the wines are made in champagne barrels. They keep the wines in barrel until no more sugar is present. When they started they bought the 400 litre acacia oak barrels from Selosse, this imparts light smoky notes

The house of Champagne La Rogerie was established in 2016 by Justine and François Petit-Boxler, named for François’ grandfather Roger Petit. François’ family have been living and making wine in Avize for 3 generations, while Justine’s family hail from Alsace, with a wine making history back to 1640.  Their Avize holdings stand between the illustrious producers Louis Roederer and Jacques Selosse.