The 2007 vintage, one hundred percent Chardonnay. Very generous, on notes of cream, candied lemon and honey. It goes with every kind of cheese, from chalky to well-aged, and with Comté above all.

Harvest

2007

Bottled

2008

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Dosage

5 g/L

A vintage in Blanc de Blancs

Two terms apply at once here. Vintage, because the wine comes from the 2007 harvest alone rather than blending several years. Blanc de Blancs, because it is made only from white grapes, one hundred percent Chardonnay. A vintage is only declared in years when the harvest allows it, and the bottle waits in the cellar longer than the appellation requires.

Serving and storage

Serve between 8 and 10 °C, in a white-wine glass rather than a narrow flute, which closes the aromas down. Before opening, keep the bottle lying down, away from light and from swings in temperature. A cellar or the bottom of a cupboard will do; the refrigerator only for the hours before serving.

Grower champagne

A grower's vintage. Chardonnay from our own parcels, vinified and kept here in Aÿ until it was ready.