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Champagne Dosnon
There are around 2,000 growers in the Champagne region who make their own Champagne. The Aube’s Champagne vineyards are located in five valleys. The closest to Troyes is the Sarce valley. The vineyards start in the village of Avirey Lingey. It’s here that Champagne Dosnon is based. Davy Dosnon had spent a year in Burgundy…
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Champagne Pierre Mignon
Maison Pierre Mignon is located in Le Breuil, an area recognized for the quality of its Pinot Meunier, in the Marne Valley. Following a long line of winegrowers, Maison Pierre Mignon has been making exceptional champagnes for five generations, in the purest respect for tradition while at the same embracing innovation. Pierre and Yveline Mignon,…
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The Harvest of Dreams – View from behind the Snips
I cannot now recall how long before the 2014 harvest it was that the word “dream” started to be used, but it was certainly weeks, if not months, before the first grape was picked. After the poor harvest of 2011, the abject disaster of 2012 and a reasonable crop in 2013, excitement built throughout 2014. Vines…
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Deutz Marlborough Cuvée
“Our vines are in Marlborough, but our roots are in France” Deutz Marlborough Cuvee marries the best New Zealand grapes with traditional French Champagne-making techniques establishing a benchmark for New Zealand wine excellence. In 1838, William Deutz and Pierre-Jubert Geldermann established Champagne Deutz on the slopes of the famous Aÿ vineyards. In 1973 Monatana New…
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Champagne Pommery Brut Rosé
The most romantic of Pommery’s wines… Pommery’s delicately fruity Brut Rosé features distinctive, fuller notes that remain vibrant, fresh, and extremely fine. Its colour comes from the Pinot Noir grape skins, which were left on for some of the winemaking process. These grapes were chosen on the vines for their level of maturity. It was…
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Jacquinot Et Fils Vintages
Private Cuvée This Cuvée is the signature wine of Champagne Jacquinot. It is a blend of 70% Chardonnay and 30 % Pinot Noir. To continue the Jacquinot style, we add 20 to 30 % of reserve wines. The hue is golden and the tiny bubbles form a persistent and delicate mousse. The Chardonnay and Pinot…
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Champagne Cuchet-Cez
Champagne Cuchet Cezanne are the very example of artisan Champagne making, stretching back over generations of winegrowers and retaining a family tradition of producing smaller volumes of the highest quality Champagne. Although the Cuchet-Cez brand was first launched in 1976, the family has a long tradition of growing grapes and producing many different champagnes. Nadia…
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Champagne Guy Charbaut
Champagne Guy Charbaut has vineyards in Côte des Blancs, Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de la Marne; where 70% of its grapes used are Premier Cru. Wine growers from father to son for three generations, in 1930, the grandfather André planted his first vines in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, the greater part of which is situated on…
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Champagne Gaudinat-Boivin
With vineyards covering just 6 hectares in the communes of Festigny, Leuvrigny and Oueilly which constitutes 4.3 hectares of Pinot Meunier, 1.10 hectares of Chardonnay and 0.60 hectares of Pinot Noir, this small House produces some beautiful cuvées. Run by Hervé and David Gaudinat, the vines are typically over 35 years old, with some over…
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