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CUVÉE
HÉRITAGE BRUT VINTAGE

60 % Chardonnay, 40 % Pinot Noir

A reflection of the best years when nature was so generous, this cuvée always surprises by its youthful spirit and sparkling notes of mandarin.



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VITICULTURE

  • Average age of vines

    30 years

  • Terroir

    Aube, the southern-most region
    of Champagne

  • Soil and sub-soil

    Calcareous clay

  • Altitude

    between 250 m and 320 m

  • Climate

    Continental with oceanic influence

  • Plantation density

    8650 plants/ha

  • Yield

    approximately 10,500 kg/ha or 62 Hl/ha

  • Vine cultivation

    vines cultivated using integrated viticultural methods and rationalised plant-health treatments, hand trellising and regular ploughing which allows our family-run estate to obtain level 3 certification "HEV" (High Environmental Value) from the Grenelle Environment Forum.

WINE-MAKING PROCESS

  • Pressing of the harvest in whole bunches by pneumatic presses.

  • Champagne made solely from the juice from the first pres-sing: the Cuvée juice.

  • Alcohol and malolactic fermentation in heat-regulated stainless steel tanks.

  • Wine produced only in years with exceptional characteristics, this vintage champagne is the purest expression of a year.

  • Ageing minimum 48 months on racks after bottling.

  • Dosage on disgorging 8g/l.

  • Bottles sold after 12 weeks minimum of disgorging.

  • Serve chilled but not iced i.e. 7°c.

  • Available in bottles and magnums, crates of 6 Prestige bottles or 3 magnums.