STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI
The influence that the small Maison Jacques Selosse has exerted on Champagne producers is an incontrovertible fact that testifies to the importance of the 40 years of study and research by the charismatic Anselme Selosse. It all began around 1974 when the young Anselme, once finished his studies in oenology in Burgundy, entered in the Maison founded by his father Jacques 15 years earlier. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Extra Brut Le Bout Du Clos, Jacques Selosse
The fact that the Maison Gonet-Médeville has just turned 20 years of age should not mislead us from the actual importance of this winery in Bisseuil, on the south-eastern side of the Montagne de Reims, in Champagne. The owner couple, Xavier Gonet and his wife Julie Médeville, are in fact the respective descendants of a famous family of Champagne winemakers (the Gonets) and a family with several properties in Bordeaux, including Château Gillette and Château Les justices (the Médevilles). [Read more…] about Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Sur-Oger Grand Cru Extra-Brut Champ d’Alouette 2004, Gonet-Médeville
Léclapart family has been cultivating the vine for three generations in the small village of Trépail, north of Ambonnay, in the heart of the territory of Reims, the legendary Champagne Montagne. The winery is currently run by David who, before continuing the work of his parents, was trained at the agrobiological school in Beaujeu and spent 2 years of training at Leclerc-Briant. [Read more…] about Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Pas Dosé L’Apôtre 2013, Davíd Léclapart
Bollinger is one of the most famous and historic Maison of Champagne, founded in 1829 and, since 1884, awarded the prestigious Royal Warrant, the certification of the status of British Court official supplier (whose golden-transparent adhesive stands just above the label of its wines). The winery is still owned by the homonymous family that over time has come to own 178 hectares of vineyards, mainly Premier Cru and Grand Cru in the sub-area of Aÿ. [Read more…] about Brut La Grande Année Rosé 2002, Bollinger
The history of maison Ayala, in Champagne, begins in 1860 thanks to Edmond de Ayala who establishes the winery in Aÿ, the famous Grad Cru of the Vallée de la Marne. The winery doesn’t take long to be noticed, thanks to the 1865 choice to vinify its wines with a dosage of 21 g/l, certainly higher than what we are currently used to but certainly much lower than the standards of the time, which included sweet wines with a dosage of about 150 g/l. [Read more…] about Brut N.7, Champagne Ayala
No doubt Champagne’s Maison Bruno Paillard, despite its youth (it was founded in 1981), has long conquered the most refined and demanding hearts and palates. Before starting to produce Champagne Bruno worked as mediator, learning the difficult work of selecting the best grapes, and their correct economic evaluation, skills that are still useful to him today, when he has to negotiate the purchase grapes price, with the historic holders of his winery, from vineyards located in 30 different villages. [Read more…] about Extra Brut Première Cuvée, Bruno Paillard
Among the great wineries, famous for the production of Champagne wines, Billecart-Salmon Maison occupies, without a doubt, a remarkable position. On the other hand, it is not by chance that two thousandths (1959 and 1961) place themselves in the first two places of the ranking emerged from the famous blind tasting held in Stockholm in 1999 (the first, 1959, even called the “Champagne of the millennium”). [Read more…] about Brut Réserve, Billecart-Salmon
To establish the date of birth of the relationship between the Aubry family and champagne we must go back in time, since already in 1790 are traceable documents that speak of their wines. This family is now represented by the twins Philippe and Pierre Aubry who lead the Maison Aubry et Fils in Jouy-lès-Reims, a small village at the northern foot of the Montagne de Reims. [Read more…] about Brut Le Nombre d’Or “Campaniae Veteres Vites” 2014, Champagne L. Aubry Fils
According to their own reports, it seems that the Monmarthe family was present in Ludes, on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, as early as 1737, as owners of land and vineyards. Nevertheless, it is necessary to reach 1930 for the creation of a real winery for the production of Champagne wines, thanks to Ernest Monmarthe who decided to become Récoltant Manipulant and give life to his brand, the homonymous Champagne Ernest Monmarthe. [Read more…] about Premier Cru Brut Privilège, Monmarthe
Writing about a Maison such important as Louis Roederer, for the Champagne area, is an exercise not without difficulties, since it is one of the most famous in the absolute sense and the risk of a fruitless mythologizing is always around the corner. It all begins in 1776 when Mr Dubois with his sons establishes the homonimous winery Dubois Père & Fils, in which arrives from Alsace, as a collaborator, Nicolas Schreider, who later decides to take over the property. [Read more…] about Brut Premier, Louis Roederer
The influence that the small maison Jacques Selosse has exerted on the producers of Champagne, is an incontrovertible fact that testifies the importance of the charismatic Anselme Selosse 40 years of study and research. It all begins around 1974 when the young Anselme, once he had completed his studies in enology in Burgundy, joined the Maison founded by his father Jacques 15 years earlier. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Extra Brut La Côte Faron, Jacques Selosse
The fact that the Maison Gonet-Médeville has just turned 20 years of age should not mislead us from the actual importance of this winery in Bisseuil, on the south-eastern side of the Montagne de Reims, in Champagne. The owner couple, Xavier Gonet and his wife Julie Médeville, are in fact the respective descendants of a famous family of Champagne winemakers (the Gonets) and a family with several properties in Bordeaux, including Château Gillette and Château Les justices (the Médeville). [Read more…] about Premier Cru Brut Tradition, Gonet-Médeville
Léclapart family has been cultivating the vine for three generations in the small village of Trépail, north of Ambonnay, in the heart of the territory of Reims, the legendary Champagne Montagne. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru Pas Dosé L’Astre, David Léclapart
No doubt Champagne’s Maison Bruno Paillard, despite its youth (it was founded in 1981), has long conquered the most refined and demanding hearts and palates. Before starting to produce Champagne Bruno worked as mediator, learning the difficult work of selecting the best grapes, and their correct economic evaluation, skills that are still useful to him today, when he has to negotiate the purchase grapes price, with the historic holders of his winery, from vineyards located in 30 different villages. [Read more…] about Assemblage Brut 2002, Bruno Paillard
Bollinger is one of the most famous and historic Maison of Champagne, founded in 1829 and, since 1884, awarded the prestigious Royal Warrant, the certification of the status of British Court official supplier (whose golden-transparent adhesive stands just above the label of its wines). The winery is still owned by the homonymous family that over time has come to own 178 hectares of vineyards, mainly Premier Cru and Grand Cru in the sub-area of Aÿ. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Brut Vieilles Vignes Françaises 2002, Bollinger
Among the great wineries, famous for the production of Champagne wines, Billecart-Salmon Maison occupies, without a doubt, a remarkable position. On the other hand, it is not by chance that two thousandths (1959 and 1961) place themselves in the first two places of the ranking emerged from the famous blind tasting held in Stockholm in 1999 (the first, 1959, even called the “Champagne of the millennium”). [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire 2002, Billecart-Salmon
Léclapart family has been cultivating the vine for three generations in the small village of Trépail, north of Ambonnay, in the heart of the territory of Reims, the legendary Champagne “Montagne”. [Read more…] about Premier Cru Pas Dosé L’Aphrodisiaque, David Léclapart
Francis Boulard, representing the sixth generation of the Boulard family engaged in viticulture, began quickly to deal with grapes and wine: at the age of 14, led by his grandfather Julien, held the reins of the horse attached to the plough, employed in the 2 hectares of the Boulard Frères property. [Read more…] about Rosé Extra Brut Les Rachais 2009, Francis Boulard & Fils
