Sometimes you have to dare to break away from the standards to reveal the richness of the wine. This cuvée, the first of a trilogy, was born to amaze, provoke, and celebrate Champagne differently: through time, matter, and a rare complexity.
The 8-year-old VT vintage has benefited from an exceptionally long aging process : 8 years on lees in our cellars. This prolonged contact between the wine and its yeasts offers a creamy texture, a singular aromatic depth, and that rare autolytic signature—made up of notes of warm brioche, fresh hazelnut, and toasted bread crumb.
It is these markers, usually reserved for very long-aging champagnes, that give the wine its gastronomic and almost tactile dimension, worthy of the greatest dry oxidative whites.
The wine is composed of 70% Chardonnay, aged partly in Austrian Stockinger barrels : fine grain wood, lightly toasted, which structures without dominating.
The remainder is vinified in stainless steel, to preserve aromatic purity.
The result: a buttery, delicately oxidative texture, underscored by aromas of nuts, roasted pear, dried flower and blond spices.
🍄 Porcini and button mushroom ravioli, hazelnut broth
The umami of the mushroom complements the richness of the wine, the delicate paste its velvety texture. The pairing plays on both transparency and depth.
🦆 Semi-cooked duck breast, roasted parsnip and smoked tea reduction
The rich fat of the duck, softened by the parsnip, echoes the oxidative roundness of the wine. The smoky tea highlights its aromas of dry cellar and sweet spices.
🧀 Aged Parmesan or 30-month Comté
These cheeses, with their crystalline texture and controlled intensity, prolong the saline tension of the wine, while accompanying its tertiary notes.
Read our articlesDespite its natural richness — linked to barrel aging and the ripeness of the grapes — this vintage surprises with its vertical freshness.
The chalky salinity of the Chardonnay, combined with a persistent but integrated acidity, gives the wine a lively, almost ethereal energy that contrasts with its deep, spicy nose.
It is this duality — between matter and tension, between breadth and precision — that makes the Grande Cuvée 8 ans d'âge a contemplative champagne, which must be decanted , and served like a great white gastronomic wine.
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